Live and Learn

I was listening to a Cody Jinx song called “No Guarantees” on my way home from work yesterday.  There is a line in the chorus that goes, “the more I know, the more I know what I don’t know.  the only guarantee is that there ain’t no guarantees.”. something like that. Anyway, it got me thinking about this blog.  A lot of times I feel like I am writing it to my younger self.  One thing you might notice when you are in your 40s and 50s that is so awesome is that you start to realize that you understand life better, you know yourself better by now, and that wisdom you’ve earned along the way gives you a perspective that you didn’t have in your young adult years.  Because of my stage of life, I am eager to share my wisdom in hopes that others might benefit from it maybe? I am not a know it all.  Trust me, I realize I still have a lot to learn.  And I am definitely not pretending that anything I have to say in life or in this blog is all that brilliant or revolutionary.  I am just really

My grandparents on my Mom’s side were by far my two biggest influencers growing up.  We called them Gran and Gramps.  What always fascinated me about them is that they grew up so differently than I did, yet they held a lot of the same values as I had in my own heart. The number one thing I learned from and admired about the two of them was the discipline and work ethic in which they lived their daily lives.   They were never trying to impress anyone, it was just truly how they were.  My Grandfather grew up on a farm, didn’t finish high school but worked hard everyday to provide for his family and my mother.  He worked at a chemical plant until he retired.  On his off days he had a 50 acre farm that he took care of with horses, cows, a garden and two stocked fishing ponds.  My grandmother was an extraordinary housewife.  Always clean, not a thing out of place and three meals a day, she prepared the best food ever,  They both took such pride in everything they did and they were such a