The Sparklin’ Soul

I have long been searching for a name for my blog. 

And, I found it. 

Welcome to “The Sparklin’ Soul”! 

I spelled it like that because I feel like the “g” fell off the wagon awhile back, but we just kept truckin’ along!! 

I am so in love with this blog and what it has done for me. It is opening doors for me that I never even thought possible. And it has allowed me to connect with people from all over. 

I get so many messages from people sharing their own stories with me or their own versions of “Buy the Boat”! I love hearing that. It truly makes my soul happy. 

I started this blog as a way to deal with the grief of my mom passing. I just started writing one day and kind of never really stopped. 

I’ve had several people tell me that they didn’t know I was a writer and I always respond saying that I didn’t know I was a writer either!! It just sort of happened. 

And now, here we are. 

Sometimes I panic and wonder what if I don’t have anything to write about?! And then God winks at me and presents me with a scenario that just starts writing itself. 

For example, the other night I was driving home and the pickup ahead of me caught on fire. I pulled over to help him, his whole rig blew up, and we just stood there together holding hands while he asked to borrow my phone to call his mom. 

Yes, that really happened. And yes, I will write an entire blog about it later. 

Another example is the never-ending stories that happen with my boat. I mean. It’s just endless. When I rolled into McKenzie Bay pulling my boat named “Freedom”, which is plastered all over her now, a man approached me and said, while laughing, “Your husband lets you back up his boat?!” 

I said back, “Nah, actually I got rid of the husband, and the boat is mine, bitch.” 

I winked at him and perfectly backed my boat into the water. And honestly you guys, I have never felt so fucking cool in my life. 

(And I am laughing hysterically at myself as I type that but it’s the honest to God truth.)

So, as you can see, my blogs just write themselves. And I’m so thankful they do because now it’s evolving into something. And it makes me feel like I’m a part of something. And that is nice to feel, especially after feeling so lonely without my mom. 

I have so many plans that I want to do with this, and I can’t wait for you all to follow along with me. It’s fun to share our happy moments with each other. I love seeing my friends succeed and I love that my friends feel the same way about me. 

A future goal of mine it to start a foundation in honor of my mom. One goal of the foundation will be to tattoo areolas back onto cancer survivors pro bono someday! I am so excited about this, and I can’t wait to watch it unfold. I have a lot to learn but luckily, I have a lot of intelligent people in my life helping me. 

Another goal of mine is to start a small apparel line to go along with my blogs! I have my first round of blog shirts being made now and I will post about them soon!! The proceeds from the shirts are going to fund my mom’s foundation eventually! I am so excited about this!!

I have some "Sparklin' Soul" shirts available now, if you want to get your hands on one!! They are so stinking cute; I can hardly stand it!! 

I just have all these ideas and things I want to try and for the first time ever I am going for it. And I fully expect to fail and fail and fail again, until I make it to the top. I can’t wait to see what all unfolds with this and I am looking forward to every step of it. 

I’m just enjoying sharing my stories with everyone. I love making people laugh and honestly, I’ve had two people approach me and ask me if I’d ever be interested in doing stand-up comedy! I’m not even joking!! I’ve never thought of myself as a comedian, but now I’m like, never say never!!

Who knows, maybe next year I’ll have a comedy sketch! 

I’ve totally learned to let go of my plans and let God. I am just rolling with his plan now and it’s the best place to be. 

I’m just trying to feed my soul and sparkle as I go. 

I hope you all continue to follow along my sparklin’ soul journey, and if you are new here, welcome to “The Sparklin’ Soul”! 

I hope to make you all laugh, cry, reflect, heal and most importantly, I hope to help you find your own sparkle along the way.  

Happy Trails,

Em