Sarah Who Wanders...

I was feeling a bit reflective today, and thought that I would write about things that it took me THIS long to figure out.  1. We are all a work in progress. Read that again. No one, not the famous NFL player, not the doctor you highly respect, not Bill Gates...has been at a spot where they felt they were 100% done growing. There is no end. There are goals and milestones that we work to reach, and then we set new goals. We are ever changing and ever learning, as we should be. You will never ARRIVE, so enjoy the journey. 2. Always choose love. Love can break your heart, sobbing, ugly, can't breathe pain, especially when that love is lost. But love is beautiful and makes life worth loving. Never ever hold back to "protect yourself." Love that man, woman, child, patient, pet, grandparent, parent, friend with everything you have for as long as you get to. Yes, they may not return the love. They will even someday die. But even in the small things I would 100% rather be t...

  Can I admit something to you my dear readers? Lately, I’ve been feeling very sorry for myself. You see, after an amazing family vacation in Costa Rica after the holiday (I know, I know...but keep reading), I had to return to school. I’m taking three courses this term, which is one more than my plan of study calls for. It means hours and hours more work each week and meant that I had to take on an additional student loan (they call these "PLUS" loans) on top of my already burgeoning debt. It means that I am annoyed, flustered and overwhelmed. Having only been back in class for two week with literally dozens of chapters to read and seven projects or papers for my "fluff" classes (you know, the non clinical courses we all despise), I have been in a mood. I’ve been feeling like everything gets in the way of accomplishing my goal. I even began to doubt myself and wonder why in the world I was striving for this when it took so much time and energy away from everything e...

I actually have had time to write lately on my longest break from school. It's nice. You'll even see a new look here. If you missed our annual update letter and photos:  https://sarahwhowanders.blogspot.com/2019/12/our-annual-christmas-letter-update.html   I am not sure if you have seen it, but I have seen the idea of a small goal list instead of resolutions for 2020. 20 things to accomplish and or focus on in the year 2020. Some people even use the # 20 in their goals which you will see in a few of mine! I am a list-maker, goal setter, resolution dreamer. I am the person who LOVES stuff like this as well as picking a word to drive my year.  I can tell you that during this past year I fought to be more authentic. I wanted to be truer to me than I have ever been. Sometimes when you marry young, lose hope and faith during a divorce, begin raising children, switch careers, meet an amazing man...and so on...you start losing your own way and the things that make you YOU. Yo...