Well Hello!

Humans gestate a baby for 9 months, elephants gestate for 2 years, April the giraffe seemed to gestate FOREVER! Adoptive moms can gestate in their hearts for a lifetime before it happens. So the fact that it has taken years for me to gestate this blog and put it out to the universe must come from the fact I am an adoptive mom who sometimes feels the size of an elephant.

Here I am.  Let me tell you about myself so you can get to know me and maybe tell me about yourself.  I am 44 years old, a wife and a mom.  That’s the basic generic facts about me, what makes me tick but there’s more, way more.  I have been with my husband for 27 (gulp) years, married for almost 19 years.  We have an amazing, quirky, loving son who is 11 that came to our family through adoption.  I am also the fur mom to 2 cats and a dog. I am an orphan but loved by my in-laws like a daughter.  I struggle with mental illness.  Depression and anxiety are close daily companions.  Infertility snuck in with the mental health gang to make me even more challenged than I already was but I kicked it ass by going a different route and got a wonderful son! I love sports just don’t ask me to play any.  Books are my drug, most days my nose is stuck in one so that’s why my house is always a disaster.  I am not a good homemaker but I can order any meal online.  My weight is a daily struggle so that is always one of my work in progress projects.  My opinions can be strong but I consider myself open minded to hear other opinions except when it comes to Trump, don’t like him, never will, won’t change my mind.  Love fashion but I am almost always in jeans and t-shirts.  Naps are an enjoyable hobby of mine probably because I couldn’t sleep the night before when my friend anxiety dropped by for a nighttime visit.  I am always ready for good food and wine, lots of red wine.

So that’s a primer on me.  Hope you’ll stick around!

Moose