Lasata, A Place of Peace

Under the Maples Series

This is a new adventure for me.
 I’ve always had a vivid imagination and have enjoyed writing ever since I can remember. I’ve been wanting to start a blog but what I wanted to focus on was what always caused me to hesitate.  I’ve enjoyed my life. It hasn’t been perfect, believe me, however every problem taught me how to be an overcomer and never give up. Every mountain peak taught me to look for smaller peaks in everyday experiences.
I have three beloved children that somehow survived my inept mothering to marry and give me eleven remarkable grandchildren that bless my life and who are starting to produce these truly amazing great grandchildren. Yes, your right, I’m not 25 anymore.  Age is relative however and I have as many ideas and dreams today as I have ever had. It’s just that as you grow older you have so many more life experiences behind you and so many more things that are important to you and have helped make you who you are today that you can feel overwhelmed when it comes time to sharing some of yourself and your thoughts with others. Early on I worked in offices and even pressed tool boxes in a factory in Grant Park, IL while studying for a brighter tomorrow. I’ve been a wife, a mother, an interior designer, a graphic designer, and the proud owner of a restaurant in my lifetime so far and it’s not over yet. I look forward to the future and many new adventures.
I chose the name Lasata for my blog because of a book I read about Jacqueline Kennedy as a youth and how her family had a summer place her grandfather had named Lasata. He had told  them it was an old American Indian word that meant “a place of peace.”  I like that and I hope you do too.   Whether you are twelve or one hundred, we all need to find a place of peace from time to time.  Since I don’t intend to make my blogs too long, I invite you to join me and maybe some of my stories will bless your life and provide you with a few minutes of peace and enjoyment.  I do know some of what I will write about will concern my days of owning and running Cornerstone Mansion Restaurant in Lowell, Indiana.  Other blogs will talk about the writing I am doing now and, knowing me, I will share thoughts of each of the seasons and my perspective on many things.
It’s time to give credit where credit is due.  My granddaughter, Abby, the other writer in the family, started a blog and I have been reading it with enjoyment. Her work inspired me to do what I have put off for far to long. Since she was a little girl I have encouraged her to write because I feel she has the gift for it.  The wonderful thing about Abby in my life is we can share our thoughts and frustrations in a way that others just can’t understand.  We can also inspire one another which is what Abby did for me concerning this blog.
 I’m very excited about Lasata and hope to brighten your day with my blogs.  I’m definitely not promising one everyday but I am hoping to produce a blog once a week. If there are more, think of them as bonus blogs.   :)

Quote for this blog
Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.
– Barbara Kingsolver

Inspirational Quotes
Lord, make me the instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Francis of Assisi