Why did I start blogging? Certainly not for money…although it amazes me how many bloggers do it for revenue flow. You go to their sites and it is loaded with ads. True there is content…but all those ads!  These sites look like, well, like business websites. Sell, sell, sell, shopping carts, ads, flash (God I hate flash) and somewhere under all the glitz and bling is the information that you placed in your search engine. Now I am not being holier than thou, but I remember when blogging was about sharing thoughts, insights, expressing ideas, having a voice…. just feeling like being heard. Maybe I am aging myself (what kinda hell is this when you can age yourself talking about the internet!) but I enjoyed reading about what others had to say about a topic. It helped me to expand my mind or at least solidify my original stance on a subject. Believe me my goals for blogging are not so lofty, I simply want to express myself and share my thoughts on the things that I like. If someone along the way finds this of interest, then great, at least I feel as though I have a voice…that I am being heard.

Today would have been my Grandmother’s 93^rd birthday, she past away this Thanksgiving. The life she led was a wonderfully ordinary, surrounded by family and friends who loved her. She had a simple life, yet was always grateful for everything and everyone that touched her existence. I want to follow in her footsteps and fill my life with gratitude and joy. We all should! That is my simple message; a message that I will carry with me for always. Let’s all be grateful for what we have, because sometimes we forget that we always have something to be grateful for and to give thanks. No matter how small or insignificant it may seem at the time, its joy and gratitude that will make our lives better. So I thank you all that have touch my life and brought me to this place in my wondrous journey. I AM GRATEFUL

Spathose Released their 2013 Collection of Wearable Sculpture 

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