Saturday thoughts today

I thought I might share my life experiences and tell everyone a bit about myself.  I am the only girl in the family of four kids.  I have three brothers.  I found out early in life that I was the odd one out or the black sheep.  I am not sure if it was because I am a female or why.  My Mom wrote me later in life saying that she treated me so badly and ignored me because of my Dad.  Strange thing for a mother to say.  I thought that families stuck together even when you go through bad times as well as the good times.  Not true with my family.  Now I wonder why I had that idea.  I finally woke up at the ripe old age of 36 years, when it struck me that no one was out there for me.  I was the only one that was out there for me.  So I better start saying something or else I was going to let my life go by without any acknowledgement.  I went from the shy quiet girl to hey watch out and was a bit too extreme for a few years.  I believe that came my many years of ballet where everything was to be perfect.  I had done this a lot before and got extremely stressed out if planned events weren't done just so.  Kids, divorce and life have mellowed me somewhat but I do still have to remind myself to have fun and not be so serious.  I am still a quiet individual.  I found out that I do like being and speaking with people when I opened a European candy store.  I had great fun with it and would give samples and explain the history or where the name of a candy came from.  Did you know that liquorice was brought to us by the Knights in the Crusades?  They traveled all over Europe, Asia, Russian, Africa and Egypt to bring the liquorice root to England.  It arrived at a monastery (Pontefract, England) that ran a hospital.  An individual like Merlin (that was a monk), took the liquorice root and created the formula for us to eat - Pontefract cakes (liquoirce candy). It was used as a medicine.  Liquorice is good for the bowel and throat. I have promised myself to add a bit to this blog whenever I feel the mob to discuss my life.  I hope this will help others like myself or find a little enjoyment for others. Be warned I do have some opinions and may be a bit eccentric but what is life like without a few others viewpoints.