The end of the year is eagerly anticipated for countless reasons.  I am not certain if I am more anxious to end 2017 or excited begin 2018.  Depending on one’s perspective, the events in my life during 2017 can be viewed equally as adversities and blessings.  I guess people judge you as either an optimist or a pessimist depending on how you depict each life occurrence.

I have concluded that truly the most important perspective is the one I have, because I have to own my life….the good, the bad, and the not so beautiful!  All are equally important and ultimately stabilize me as a person, though it is sometimes difficult to see in the present how the challenges can be positive.

Who am I?

• a 55 year old female (I had to stop and count from 1962 as I don’t keep up with birthdays anymore
• Mom to 2 daughters, ages 23 and 26
• a divorcee
• a fiancee
• an only daughter
• the primary caregiver to my 91 year old Dad
• the primary manager of my 88 year old Mom with Alzheimer’s, living in a Memory Care facility
• Mom to 2 elderly male rescue cats
• part time Nanny to an adorable 5 month old girl
• chief cook and bottle washer, grocery shopper, house cleaner, manager of all household accounts and bills, keeper of the computer, doctor scheduler, driver to all appointments
• a registered nurse
• a creative, genuine, trusting friend who wears her heart on her sleeve and is honest to a fault

Sharing comes second nature to me, and so I choose to start a blog to reflect, to provoke thought, to calm, to amuse, to shock and to captivate anyone who is interested.

I will soon explain why the title of my blog is Cary to Calcutta…….