I set up this blog in 2017 and had many ideas of what I wanted it to say and all that I wanted to share with you. That was five years ago. I never managed to put into words or pictures those ideas and intentions, but boy has a lot happened in that time. Besides life getting in the way in general, we all have gone thru a crazy political experience, a horrific pandemic, and volatile financial happenings. Now, before you stop reading because you have read enough about any of these topics please continue reading because I am not political, I am not a medical expert, and I do not work on Wall Street and more relevant to this blog, I am not a writer by any means. Nor do I know how to write a blog.

So what am I you ask and what do I have to say? Well I am a lot of things. I am female. I am middle aged. And I am not necessarily attractive. Now don’t worry, I realize this is not a dating site but I’m sure you will question those points at some time in the future. Probably because you are chastising me for something I write. But besides all of those things, I am a recent widow, I am a stepmother, a step grandmother, a pet mom, a cook, a gardener, a crafter, and an all in all do-gooder. Ok, I know your sticking your finger in your mouth about now saying gag!! Me too! But I gotta fill the space with something right? Aside from all those things I am inpatient, difficult to work with when the repair guy comes along or the lawn guy stops by. I am several four letter words to my stepchildren at times I’m sure. And even my pets turn there backs on me at times. The point being I am human. I am very human in fact and if I’m guessing right I am sure you are human too. I hope that means that somewhere along the way I will write something that you can relate to or something that even for a second will make you laugh or make you cry. I’m not sure what that something will be and I promise to not make you wait five years again to read it. But I am hopeful that in some level we will connect just for a short moment in time thru this blog.

So what will this blog be about? Well, it will be about trying new recipes and sharing how easy or not they are to make and how I would rate their taste. It will be about my gardening projects and my craft projects. It will definitely be about my pets. Does any of this sound familiar? If not read the above paragraph lol. It will definitely also be about humor. It will be about my life in general and any random thoughts I’d like to share. It will in one word be about me! Why do you want to read a blog about someone you don’t know? What could be so interesting about me? Well there is one thing I didn’t tell you about myself, about ME. That is that I am HIV positive. Yes you read that right. I am a heterosexual female in her 50s living with HIV. Now many of you may never read this blog again. You will have no interest in any of this and that’s ok. But maybe there is one of you out there just like me living with HIV too. It’s you I hope will continue reading because you are not alone. I am not alone. We are both here together. My hope is that soon we will be many here together. So I hope you will keep reading. I hope we can connect with one another. I hope to show you that you can have a wonderful fulfilling life while living with HIV. Because, As you can tell from what I’ve written, it’s just a small part of my life. It doesn’t define me. It is just a part of me.

Well this ends my first blog post. How did I do? That’s ok, I’m not sure myself either. But we will learn together. We will read and write together. But more importantly we will live with HIV together. I hope you will come back and read! I will come back and write! Until then….