Why am I doing this 30 Day Challenge? A very good question. I hesitated. I thought it might be too personal. But I can decline to answer or choose how I answer the question.

My parents are both alive. I love them. I don’t have major issues with them. I’m not sure how regularly my mom read my blogs before this challenge, but she has read these, so I could honestly mention a few things I think they deserved to know. Too often, we take our parents for granted. I didn’t see any reason not to take advantage of the blog challenge days to honor them and their significant contribution to my life. My parents have always been my superheros. I’m not ashamed to admit it, but I guess they didn’t know.

In an ideal world, everyone’s parents are superheros to their kids, but I know that’s often not the case. If your parents didn’t qualify, I’m sorry. You missed out, and I know you know it. I hope you found a way to make it up to your kids and break the cycle.

My friend, Tammy, decided to do this challenge, and I played along. There were a few days I didn’t care for the prompts, but I wanted to give them all an honest effort. Some were far more fun to do than I thought they would be when I first looked at them. That little detail is one I remind myself about periodically. I often balk at some thing and am surprised by how enjoyable that thing is. I’ve gotten better at it through the years, but I still have to make a concentrated effort not to shut myself off from good things because of my initial reluctance. This challenge has been one of those things.