I've kept journals for years and oddly enough wondered if I should keep them as I didn't know if I wanted anyone to read them! So what am I doing putting my thoughts up for the world to read!? Shedding the last of my inhibitions in my semi-old age? No, just keeping up with my kids who blog all the time (blog envy...it always boils down to that, doesn't it?) About me - I'm 51, married to my first husband for 32 years next August (everyone knows that First Editions are the most valuable), world citizen (15 moves, 5 countries - yes, New Orleans should be classified as a foreign country), mother of 3 by birth, 3 by marriage, grandmother of 5. I am a huge proponent of "home and hearth" and hope to positively influence my own children as they establish their own solid family community and keep the home fires burning!