Hello Again

Hello everybody.

It's been a long time since I posted anything.
My life has been in such a whirldwind since the middle of May.
So much has changed.

My sister passed away in June and my Mom passed away in August of this year.
In the past two weeks,  4 people that either I knew, or had some connection to, have died.
I am watching quite a few friends going through major life changes and trying to be there as best I can for them.  It's hard, because I see what they are going through, and I don't have the skills to help them.. I just hope by being present with them, I bring them a calm and peaceful presence in thier lives to help them with their decisions they have to make.

But good things have happened too.
I decided to go back to school and I am loving it.
I finally have a direction that was missing or I was to busy to see for myself.
I want a career in dipolmacy. The UN or maybe with an international company of some kind. I am taking french at school. I hope to do something in Africa or Asia, and both of these countries speak french as well as their native languages.  I will also be taking some chinese in the future. 
I have a  World Politics professor that is challenging me and I love it!!

I have decided to start working on my physical health as wellas my mental health again.
I am starting by just walking for 20 -30 minutes a day.  It's a good start.  Plus I am going back to WW.  I know it works.  I just need to get back in the groove of it.  I feel so much better when I eat healthy and exercise.

I want to go running with my friend Patricia in Az. next year.  It is just one of many goals that I will talk about and share with you on this blog.

One of the most important things that has happened to me this summer, is that I am learning who I am.  I am gaining my life back.  I see where I want to go in life.  Now I just need to stay on my path and work towrds those goals.  I hope you learn something from me and I learn from you along the way.   I hope we can help each other. We all need help sometimes.  And it's okay to need that help. We need to help each other. Thats what friends are for.

So... Here I go again.
I will try to update at least once a week and I look forward from hearing from you.

Michele