Our place in this world

Why am I blogging?  What's my purpose or goal of sharing these thoughts and ramblings of mine? I enjoy it.  I'm not sure why, but as long as there have been social media, I've been on it and I've enjoyed sharing my life, my experiences, my food, etc.  I enjoy life, I have fun, I love my family and I love to eat, and for some weird reason, I feel compelled to share that excitement with the world as though someone really cares about what I had for dinner. I believe I have something to offer.   I have been in the workforce, post-university, for over 25 years and married for nearly as long.  Along the way, I've learned a few things--mostly the hard way.  I've had successes and failures.  I've been laid off and I've been promoted.  I've been so poor that we couldn't afford to buy groceries, and so well off that, we've been able to help others.  I have an amazing wife who truly makes me better than I am.  We've raised two beautiful, respo...

It occurred to me last night, as I was on a date with my oldest daughter, that I have yet to define why I'm on this quest.  So, here goes... I'm on this quest to find my place in this world because there is a lot of change happening in our lives right now and I want to know what I'm supposed to do with it all.  I'm a planner, and right now I have no idea where this path that I'm on leads me or my family.  You see, Stacey and I are in this weird stage of life. I'm being laid off from my employer after seven years as an HR Executive. Our oldest daughter is getting married in August. Our youngest daughter just started a new job.   Both of our fathers are dealing with life-changing health issues.   All of this is making me re-evaluate what's important, what really matters to me, and making me reconsider what I want out of the last half of my life.  Of course, the easy thing to do would be to keep doing what I've done for 20+ years, but Stac...