Everyday Life in a Nutshell

In the interest of clearing the first (and seemingly most difficult) hurdle of actually setting this up and getting something typed in, here is my first blog entry. This should be a good place for you to visit me and get a glimpse into my everyday life in Rural, Maine.

If you know me at all, you know I've got a house full of five kids, one dog, lots of laundry (mostly clean, though still somehow mostly on the floor), a cramped and messy kitchen, lots of laughter and tons of fun. Don't be fooled... if you know me at all, you know there's a fair share of fussing, fighting, whining, complaining and yelling (and then you should hear the kids!). But we end each day with hugs, and kisses, and "I love you"s, and Super-Duper Tuck-Ins... some nights we sing, and some nights we read, and some nights we cry ourselves to sleep.

This is the story of Mi, and how aware I am that I am SOOOO HUMAN! Blissfully human, painfully human, ordinarily human, sometimes super human, exhaustingly human... amazingly, wonderfully, fearfully-made human. This is the journey of one human, endeavoring to live this life, to learn, to grow, to carry on, to fall to my knees, and always to look up, anticipating the eternal consequences of my here and now.

A word of warning: I intend to lay out the good, the bad and the ugly of my everyday. You'll laugh, you'll cry... you'll probably learn more about me than you've ever wanted to know. And I intend to do the same.