Single & Amazing

                A little over 6 months ago I wanted to take a trip to a place I had never been.  My place of choice was Italy. What better place to spend my upcoming birthday. As I made all the finishing touches on my trip I was not prepared for the transformation that would hit me when I got there. With a good friend by my side we started on our journey to the place that makes my favorite food. I love pasta. As we settled into the resort it hit me I had travelled further than I had ever travelled before.  Our second day there was my birthday and something came over me. For so long I had looked at the friends I grew up with and felt as if I had missed out on something. Many of them where married and had children and here I am turning 42 and that still hadn’t hit me yet, but then something amazing happened.  I started receiving all of the normal happy birthday messages, but along with the messages I started receiving response to friends from all of the photos I had posted of Italy. Many of them expressed how they were living their lives through me and how proud they were of me. It was touching.  Some wanted my life and I at times wanted theirs. Then it hit me Kee live your life and live it to the fullest. It didn’t matter if I had children or not and it didn’t matter if I had a husband. I had my freedom and a passport to go where ever I wanted to go. I no longer looked at my age like some silent death sentence because I hadn’t had children. I was a single woman with multiple degree and within hours I would be  checking something else off of my bucket list. A little more than a year ago I decided to go back to college.  That explains the big break in this blog. This degree would be number 3 for me. It is also my fun degree. Something completely different from anything else I’ve studied – Culinary Arts. I graduate with honors and one thing I was destined to do was to take a cooking class in Italy. The good thing for me the resort I stayed at actually had a class for me to take and it was apart of the package I purchased with my trip.  The class was a blast and Chef Marco was excited that he had an American chef in his class as well. Even though the things he taught I already knew it was still fun to do.  I’ve learned that being single isn’t a death sentence, so stop looking at it that way. Live you life the way you want. Time is a currency you can’t get back and when it’s gone that’s it.  If you can learn anything from me know this everyone looks at their life and sees what they want changed or what they disagree with.  Never overthink things and don’t allow the lifestyles of others put you in a box.