I think I am, I think I am ...

I'll never forget the day an old boss told me that I didn't 'look' like a writer, or creative type. I was just a few years out of college, and thrilled to be working in a major ad agency. I was so excited and finally got up my nerve to ask my boss if I could take the writing test to be a copywriter. However, by the time I left her office she had me convinced that I was an idiot for even thinking I could do that. Looking back, it seems, I was more upset with myself for not speaking up for and believing in myself and what I wanted to do. Her words ring in my ears to this day. Ever since then, I have always questioned whether or not I really was creative. I feel like I am. I may not 'look' like a creative person....but what does that person really look like? Why can't it be me? I feel like it can be. I think I am? I think I am...

It's been one year since my divorce, and some days it feels longer than that. Other days it feels like it was last week. But, because of my divorce, I feel that I'm getting a second chance at a new life. A life I create. A life that is fulfilling and purposeful. One where I'm not swept up with what comes easy and what other people want me to do. Not one where I take a job because it's there. I want to step outside of my comfort zone, and find my passion, and go for it and live my dreams! What better example to set for my children! I don't want my divorce to define me. I want to look back on it and think that because of my divorce, all of 'this' would not have happened. Instead of it being a negative, I want to turn it into a positive. Now, it's taken me a long time to believe that divorce can be a positive...but slowly, I'm beginning to believe. Believe in myself. And because of that, I'm trying to do new things. Things that I never would have thought of before.

My first leap: I'm taking flying lessons! Not in an airplane...but 'inner' flying lessons! Check out the button on the side. Maybe you'll join me? Get ready, because we're about to take off! Wheeeeeeeeeee!