An Introduction
Hello! And Welcome to The Life Lemon Dodge.
A spot for my thoughts about women helping and supporting other women, with a little inspiration and a little sarcastic humor. A reminder that we woman are human, make mistakes, learn and carry on! I’m here to help when you feel overwhelmed, by chatting about my life experiences and what I did and what I would do differently to help you avoid being smacked with a life lemon.
Let’s see if an old dog really can learn new tricks?! I’ve always kept a running diary in my head, I head journal while I’m out walking, random thoughts about life pop up, so I have decided to try something new to me.
Being north of sixty age wise I feel free to do as I please and let the you know what hit the fan, thank gawd I’m still in pretty good shape, I can dodge the blowback…most times. And if not, well then I live and learn from that experience and move forward. I come from good genes, my Mother learned how to use the internet and email in her 90’s…So I can’t let her show me up now can I? (She’s still going strong at 97)
We all go through life with lemons being hurled at us, sometimes we dodge them and sometimes they hit hard and we are sent reeling saying…”what the heck was that?!” So I thought I would share a little life experience wisdom where I can about how I deal with flying life lemons.
I may have quick random thoughts or I may unpack some thoughts that I think a lot of us women have, whatever our age, that need to be addressed at length. Speaking of length…I realize blogs should be a certain word length, but like I said, I do as I please…and old people get away with things like that, so there!
For Example
I watched a video the other day of a young mother at the point of breaking in regard to her kids. They were wild in public and she couldn’t reel them in. She was in tears and feeling like a failure. It was heart wrenching. I wanted to scream through the computer to her…”It’s ok, we all feel that way at times, don’t beat yourself up about it!!” I applaud her honesty and courage going public, but was afraid to read the comments in case watchers were critical of her. But to my pleasant surprise they were comforting to her. It renewed my faith in people. (So that could certainly be an unpackable moment for me to address.)
None of us are perfect, we all have dings and scars, some deeper than others. We keep moving forward, learn from missteps and celebrate the wins!
Dodging Life Lemons?
Dodging life lemons can be a double edged sword. On one hand I want to help you avoid being hit with one, and on the other hand…I have to say being hit helps make you who you are! You will hopefully learn from them and grow stronger. So I guess the best way is just to help you deal with being struck with a life lemon. But with the really bad ones I’ll yell…”Duck..here it comes!”
I am an introvert, at times….ok most times an anxiety prone person that loves helping people.
Yeah..there is some unpacking there! I hope to balance positive and negative articles. But get ready for some sarcasm along the way. It helps me cope. I really believe life is about balance in everything we do, so have that big old slice of coconut cream pie for breakfast and then balance with a long walk later on….just make sure you turn around and walk home at some point before dark. People will worry.
So if you are up for a challenge, follow me as I challenge myself on a new journey and spread a little life experience wisdom along the way.
Let’s see if we can figure out how to dodge those flying life lemons together!
Cheers til next time!
Grace
My Motto
When life throws baseball size lemons at you, that smack you up side the head, stomp on those damn things and make yourself a cocktail! Ok…my motto is a little long, but it works for me.