STOP! Don't be a Zombie!

I began this blog in January 2009 to try and document everything that was going on in my life. We can get so caught up in everyday life that we forget to stop and smell the roses. That quote really hit me when I was living in Chicago. I love that city! At the time, I was working for one of the "Big 4" in a high traffic area downtown. Sometimes in the morning I would go next door to The Sears Tower where my morning fuel lived...Starbucks!

This particular morning, I dropped my things off at my desk and headed out to zombie land! That is what I used to call the streets of Chicago during the hours of 7a-9a & 3:30p-5:30p Monday - Friday. During those times you find men and women briskly walking to their place of employment with blank stares in their eyes. I too have been a zombie, and in fact was one on the way to Starbucks. On the way back, I walked out of the Sears Tower, fell in line with a zombie pack that was walking by, and headed back to my office. However, as I reached the end of the block a light breeze went by which forced the smell of the beautiful flowers that were planted outside of the Sear Tower. That moment in time did I realize the the true meaning of the saying..."stop, and smell the roses". So simple, yet something that we rarely take the time to do. So, that is what I did. I stopped, turned around, and smelled the roses (actually they were just regular flowers, but you get the point).

So, that brings me back to the reason why I started this blog. I feel as though it will force me to slow things down, and take the time to actually document my journey being a woman, wife, mother, and friend. However, I still felt as though I was rushing through my post, and not really taking the extra time to proper document. I felt as though I was starting to be a zombie through blogging, and that was never my goal.

So, here I am again kind of starting over, and taking the time to smell the roses.