Last summer, I made the decision to disconnect. I logged off Facebook and Instagram for the summer and I did not check my email for ten long weeks. I read only the books I felt like reading and wrote only the things I felt like writing. The result was one of the happiest summers of my lifetime.

The day has finally come for me to say Good-bye. I have knots in my stomach because I have mixed feelings about this challenge ending. I was challenged to write whatever I wanted and people were able to leave a comment if they liked or disliked my writing. I also had the opportunity to learn about other people and enjoy their writing. Different slices everyday inspired me to.

This is usually not a challenge, but today I was obsessed with everything meat.

Maybe one day you will be a baseball player! July 16, 2015. You are now officially a big brother! May 26, 2015. Tomorrow is your 3rd birthday! Happy Birthday to my sweet baby boy! I love spending the day with you on your birthday, I just want to make you happy! I love you so much Blakey! March 31, 2015. You even had Gigi bring out her plastic eggs to play with and practice hiding around her house.

Get me outta here! Live, Love, Teach. Slices of life from my little corner of the world. It always manages to find me. Despite my very best efforts to keep it at bay. So I roll over to take a peek at him and bang! It manages to shine in right between the visor and the rearview mirror and pierce m.

Imagination is the highest form of research, Albert Einstein. There is a new beginning. Always planning for the future. Always looking back to what was. Papers, calendars, orders, books. Notes, reminders, dates. So hard to be present in the here and now. When the past and future keep knocking on my door.

Blogging my way through the year. How this month makes me better. this year I focus on the writer.