Welcome to my first post! : )

I have named my blog, "It Is What It Is" because that is one of my favorite sayings. I think it particularly applies to life in that it never turns out the way we think it should and we must accept the things we cannot change for what they are. Often life turns out so much better than we could have ever imagined...even if we suffer along the way and we can only see the glory of it in hindsight. At least that is the way that I see it!

My prayer is that through this forum I will encourage you and maybe even inspire you.

Love and Blessings!

"You did what you knew how to do. When you knew better, you did better." ---Maya Angelou

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." ---Eleanor Roosevelt


Wow! It has not been this cold in a LONG time! When I awoke this morning at 7 am it was 13 below! School was canceled and the kids were thrilled! I still had errands to run and braced myself for the bitterness of it all! I keep wondering why I am so intolerant of the cold these days...is it because I lived in Arizona for six years and I am still trying to acclimate to the Midwest? I have been back in Ohio now for about 3 years, 4 months. Hmm...maybe it is just an "age" thing! Certainly not! I still feel 25! : ) I am off to bed as I have to work in the morning and bed seems to be the only place were I can get really warm!