Bobbie Blodgett

Hello everyone, sorry that I have been away and behind on my monthly posts. I have only one thing to say to excuse myself, life happens . Over the past few weeks, life once again threw me a curve ball and a few unexpected twists. The job that I had been working, announced that it was shutting down at the end of the year. I can't afford to be unemployed, so I got another job. As I closed the chapter on my old job and began my new chapter at my new job, I also threw in a new writing class, that I take each week at the local College. I'm guessing, sometimes, I over challenge myself and my brain. I had not planned on changing jobs, I loved the one that I had. I had not planned on many things that have happened in my life, but things happen. I've always admired people that can plan their lives out to the tee and actually make it happen.  You know the ones; that say at 15 years old, by the time they are 20, they will be in College, then actually do it. They have a time...

Dear Younger Generation, Congratulations on being young, enjoy your youth, it only happens once and it will go by fast. One day, you will have to become an adult and you are the future. I'm just a Mom and a person that was young once as well. I have experienced many things in life and made many mistakes. I'm not trying to tell you what to do with your life or how to live it, I'm just here to offer you advice, that I think the younger generation isn't being taught. Don't blame yourself that nobody taught you these things, it's just the fault of the society that we live in today. Here are my 10 things: The Younger Generation Needs To Know. World : Understand this clearly, please! The world owes you nothing for your existence and not one person owes you anything, for being on this planet.  Respect : You have to earn people's respect, it's not given. Respect your elders and the elderly and they will respect you. After all, it's your elders tha...

Hello everyone, I know that it has been a few months since my last blog post, my apologies for that. Have you ever looked around your living space and realize you need to make changes? I have spent so much time over the past few years, trying to launch my writing career, that has by the way- still failed to launch. I was spending all of my free time, taking writing classes and writing and I was ignoring my surroundings. I decided the only way to achieve my goals, is to unplug from the internet, through the summer. Over the past month, I have painted my living room, dining room and my hallway. I needed to brighten and freshen up my living space, to help inspire me and to keep me going. I went with a light lavender for my main paint color and I'm changing out my curtains and making them all white. I decided to go for a Zen feel and so far, I'm loving it. I still have some trim work to do and my project will be complete. I want to surround myself in colors that make me fe...

Stepping on a scale, can be self torture. The moment we look at the number, all kinds of feelings, anxiety and fear of failure, set in. Just looking at that number, causes us to freak out. I stopped stepping on a scale and keeping track of my weight, when my son was six months old. I grew up in a society, where thin was in. It wasn't about being healthy, exercising and eating right. It was about being skinny. I was in middle school and had a basketball coach, that told me if I dropped a few pounds, I'd be able to run faster.  I wanted to be a great basketball player, so I started trying to drop my weight down. What happened to me in the process, I became anorexic. I had it drilled in my head; because I convinced myself and let other people's stupid comments get to me, that I had to be 120 pounds. I never let myself go over that weight and stepping on a scale, seeing that number go over, put me in a whirl wind of starvation. I would start fasting, if I saw that numb...

I write this blog, in hopes that I can inspire at least one person, some way, some how. I share some of my experiences and how I got through them.  I don't tell people what to do or how to do it and I don't use links very often to anything. I'm not getting paid to write this blog, I do it for my passion. As 2015 was nearing an end, I was thinking about what I want to accomplish in 2016. I'm always looking for ways to improve myself and to become better, at anything and everything that I do, in all aspects of my life. I decided to make 2016, the year that I raise the bar on myself. I am making myself reach higher and dig deeper within myself, to fully discover my own potential. My Momma used to tell me, "You will never know what you can accomplish, until you actually try, to accomplish something". This was my first Christmas without her and I struggled through it. It was hard and I found myself reflecting, on everything she ever taught me and all the lit...