My Last Blog

My last blog was purely an experimental moment. I was playing on YouTube and I clicked on the "share" button and saw that you could post things to your blog from there, so I gave it a try. Obviously it worked!

I always loved Annie's Song...always loved John Denver and felt so bad when he passed away. He was taken far too soon in my opinion. I think he was a great humanitarian and as a fellow tree hugger, I could relate to his love of nature. When I was a little girl and I first heard the song Calypso and saw Jacques Cousteau, I thought to myself that these men lived noble lives, taking care of the earth, both in their own way. They had great vision and purpose and even as a child I could feel it. I was hoping that I had such a purpose too.

I'm not sure, looking back 40 years, if I have the sort of purpose and life that I imagined I would back then when I was 7, but it hasn't been a bad life and I'm not complaining. It's just not as I envisioned it. I envied Jacques and his life on the sea (but really, I am afraid of water, so I'm not sure I would have made a suitable assistant for him!), I envied John and his beautiful gift of music, but didn't see my voice as something anyone else other than my mother would want to listen to! They lived very romantic lives in my mind, and I thought that I was one of the most romantic people I knew, so who better to have a romantic life than me...and really, I've never wanted much from life. I've always had simple desires. Even as a 7 year old, although I envied those larger-than-life men, I only wanted a quiet life, some babies, a dog...a white picket fence around my house and fresh laundry hanging in the yard. I think I've done alright for myself considering those were the things I wanted. I think I've come pretty darn close to those childhood musings!

A person can't expect more from life than that.