My First Post

Hi!  So, I have kicked around the idea of becoming a blogger for many, many weeks, maybe months, now so while on a 4-day work hiatus I took the plunge!  Here is my first attempt at being a successful blogger.  I think we should start simply by me letting you know what I plan for my blog and telling you a bit of who I am.  

First off, The reason I want to blog:  This is simple.  While I was researching my career of choice (medical transcription) I didn't find a whole lot of success stories, and the ones I did find were years old.  I decided that if I was ever a successful MT then I would blog to show other people that it is 100% possible to be an at home MT.  So, here I am.  I have gone through my course, passed my final, and within 2 months I was hired as an at home MT.  I have been working for a year and a couple of months and I still absolutely LOVE the work I do.  I will post tomorrow and expand on the MT world so check back!  I will share my experience and try and educate those who don't know what MT work is like.    It is not always easy, and I promise I won't sugar coat it, EVER, but I absolutely love what I do for a living.  In this blog you will get 100% honesty in what being an MT is all about. 

Second, what do I plan to blog ABOUT?  I plan to make this a daily diary-type of blog in which I share tidbits of my life, my interests, my joy (and frustrations) about my work, and just type about my life in general.  I have many interests such as crocheting, nail art, writing, reading, watching movies, and I have been known to search a random place in the world and just research it for no reason (this is what started my dream of visiting Ireland).  You may get the occasional movie review and nail polish review.  I am a pretty random person so who knows what I will come up with :)

Third, who am I?   My name is Sharon.  I love butterflies and the color purple.  I have recently married my perfect man and we have 3 wonderful children.  We don't like the term "Step" so once we were married, we were a family.  No stepping about it, we are a mom, a dad, and 3 children (plus 2 cats and a dog).  No, he is not the birth father of my children and I am not the birth mother of his, but it doesn't matter.  We are a family, plain and simple.  

As I have said, I am a stay at home, work at home mom.  My husband, Rob, is a full time student.  We have 2 daughters,13-year-old Holland and 9-year-old Allie; one son, 10-year-old Jonathan; 2 cats, Angel and Zoe; and one dog, Wei-Wei (way-way).  We are not your typical family.  We are all about letting our children be who THEY choose.  They make their own choices and they are in control of their lives (within reason of course).  We only guide them and advise them.  We believe that they will learn from any mistakes they make and that those mistakes will simply make them stronger.  We laugh often, love freely, and in my eyes, we are my perfect, ideal family.  

(In case you haven't noticed yet..I am deliriously happy.  My life is simply a dream)

I am not a person who can handle crowds, and I form online friendships a lot faster than "real life" friendships simply because I spent the first 30 years of my life as a very degraded and controlled woman.  I will go into that whole story one of these days, the short version is that I didn't have the best childhood, I married at 17 to a man who wasn't comfortable (putting it nicely) with letting me live a life, it took me many years to get the courage to get out of that situation.  In the 4 years since escaping that marriage I have learned to drive, gotten my first drivers license ever, bought a car, rented my own house, went through my Career Step (MT school) training, and gotten a job, and I am now married to a man who makes my life complete.  I still have panic attacks in a crowd and I am still very timid...I grow stronger every day though. 

So, there you have it.  You know a bit of who I am, what I do, and what you will find in my blog.  I hope that you stick around and get to know me and my life.  I welcome any comments, recommendations, questions, grammar corrections, and topic ideas.  I do ask that you refrain from rude or derogatory comments.  Any comments are subject to deletion if I believe it is something that would be offensive to me, my family, or my readers.

I hope to get to know a few people from all over the world....Comment me and let me know a bit about you!

Looking forward to bringing a few smiles and laughs to your world.

Till tomorrow, smile and be thankful for the smallest joy in your life.

Sharon ♥