My name is Susie and I am a mother of four. A step-son (25), daughter (23), son (20) and son (10). I have been married for 17 years in April. (WOW that seems like a really long time!! LOL) Our family is made up of "his, hers and ours" so life has always been an adventure. There have been ups, downs, sideways and even topsy-turvy, but we still love each other and even better,....we still LIKE each other!! I live in northern Indiana, so as I type this up it is 20 degrees. It's cold, but the sun is shining on the new white snow. It makes me feel like it is a smile sent to us from God and I love it!
I've been a stay-at-home mom most of my marriage. I supplement our income with my Mary Kay business and recently added an art career. Painting helps me to find peace in the midst of a sometimes crazy life!! If you are interested in seeing my art, you can visit www.dailyartbyjacqueline.blogspot.com. If you visit, thanks! If you don't, no worries!! My other passion is to cook and I love to be around friends and see them smile. I am an incurable optimist. My logic is that life is full of negative things and that will never change. But if you look at the "trial" you can always find something positive to focus on. It's not the situation that changes by doing this, only you!! I'd rather have thoughts on a rainy day that the ducks are happy rather than it's an ugly day and I don't like it. Either way it is still raining. It makes me smile and there are not enough smiles in the world.
Well, now that you have a small glimpse into who I am,(I will reveal more as time goes on) I would like to let you know what I plan to focus on in 2014. By no means are these "resolutions" since I am a firm believer that those are doomed to fail before February. I am focusing on my overall health each day. As a mother and wife, I have always put myself last. It is how I am "wired" and no one is to blame. Just thought I would throw that out there. My over all health includes my physical, spiritual and emotional. I have found that when these three things are out of balance, my life is in chaos. Over the years, I have add a few pounds, fallen away from my church and become an emotional basket case.
Sometimes when we are out of control, God allows a tragedy to hit us so that we have no choice to slow down and look at where we are at. Mine was April 23, 2012. A day that will forever be etched into my memory. That was the day that an 18 year-old boy hit me almost head-on. It left me with a ruptured C5-C6 disc in my neck that left me partially paralyzed. The entire left side of my body. I could still use it and walk and talk and such but with little strength. If I wasn't watching what I was doing, I wasn't sure the left side was really moving. It was scary. Thankfully, surgery fixed it. I now have a titanium plate and 4 screws in my neck. The paralysis is now gone, but other "issues" have developed. Yet, I am thankful everyday for this life.
Thankful enough, to say "I deserve to put myself first so that I can be a better mom, wife and friend!! So that I can live a fuller life!!" Eating healthy is my first priority, then exercising and finding a balance between my home life and my 2 home businesses. And to be a successful blogger. I truly hope that I can touch the life of just ONE person. To give ONE person hope that "you, too, can make a change". I know that life can feel like it is beating us down. But I CHOOSE to see the bright side. I CHOOSE to make a difference in this life! Life is a one time performance NOT a dress rehearsal! Life is about being "Authentically You"!! Today is the day!
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