THE MAKING OF...

I believe you must bring your whole self to the table if you want to thrive in today’s crazy world (even if your whole self feels less than whole at the moment); your personality, your sense of humour, and most importantly, what you hold close to your heart. I feel like I love too fiercely and laugh too easily to meander through my life wondering where my purpose lies.  Unless that is, in fact, my purpose? To explore, question, struggle, and succeed so that other's may be brave enough to embrace who they are and bring their whole selves to the table? This is what drove me to dream up 

Sharmon Does....

Meeting my (now) husband, following him to the ends of the earth (Europe), and having two kids (adorable) has opened my eyes to how big and magical this life is.  It's also opened my eyes to the fact that if I want to be the best version of myself for my precious people (because, let's face it, without them my tiny universe would be pretty empty), I first have to be the best version of myself for, well, me!

As I've since discovered, that realization was the easy part.  It's a heck of a lot more difficult to really search all the nooks and crannies of the heart and soul to decide where passions lie, and what values need always be kept close.

I refuse to believe I'm the only 43 year old out there who feels like that elusive passion, that sense of ease mixed with excitement, is still just out of reach, or that I'm too old for new tricks! 

So this year, I'm going to make it a priority- no. More than that. I'm going to make a promise to myself- to explore things that makes me think twice, things that give me butterflies or get me rattled.  I want to discover all that gives others butterflies, or what keeps them up at night, and why.  Because maybe, if I can flit about with reckless happiness and abandon- even if it's to learn a hard lesson - it will make it that much easier for me to help others do the same!