Surviving and Thriving in Bethabara Farms

When I started this blog, I used it as a way to record important things, activities I loved, things that brought me joy, ways I curated creativity in ABQ Cottage Garden.  After awhile it morphed into a way to express my frustration with the foster care system, my joy at being my kids' mom and a way to record memories in Growing a Little Bit More Than Flowers.  After a break of many years filled knee deep with scrambling to be the best single mama I could, managing an overwhelmingly wonderful and gutwrenching career path and finally jumping headfirst into a new challenge back in my old home town, I think I'd like to start writing again.  I miss the adventure of finding new ways to express my thoughts and I'm disenchanted with the quick public statements, lack of thoughtful response and immediate feedback of social media.  A quiet, semiprivate blog restart sounds intriguing.  As my kids become firmly planted in their teenage years, they have less need for the ph...