Who am I? What's this about?

Hi I’m Cheryl. When I started this personal blog in 2020, it focused on anxiety, honesty and letting go. I had recently left the work world to move back to my hometown with my husband, Jimmy, to help care for my mother in the last years of her life.

I wrote about lots of things: living with panic disorder, why I stopped drinking, my need to have a deeper relationship with God, my love for birds, and—most significantly—the experience of being with my mom at the end of her life and the deep loss and learning which came from that.

This blog gave me the freedom to just write what was in my heart and share it with unvarnished candor. I hoped it would help others, especially people who struggle with anxiety.

It’s five—going on six—years later. I am growing and changing. And this little place on the internet is changing with me. I spend much of my time outside with Jimmy, the birds, our native wildflowers, the butterflies and the deer. I believe God is calling me to care for His creation at this point in my life. It’s become a passion and a way to love. So I write a lot about what I learn outside.

I have spent the last year coming back into full communion with the Catholic Church. Finally, finally, finally I am home. I will continue to write about my relationship with God.

Jimmy and I have been growing and preserving our own food here at our homestead. It has become a way of life—something we are totally committed to. You’ll probably see some posts about that.

I removed the “anxiety, honesty and letting go” tag line from the blog because it felt limiting. I don’t want limits now that I am in the middle of my sixties. I just want to be. And love. And write.

I still hope my writing helps people. I hope it speaks to something in their soul and makes them feel happy.

Thanks for being here and reading.

Peace.