Hey y’all! I’m Cally Marie Simpson and I’m glad you’re here!

This isn’t my first time with a blog. I had one years ago and really enjoyed it. But I let life get in the way and stopped writing. This was over a decade ago. A lot has happened in that time. I had my son, left a marriage that was not kind to me, opened up a my own kennel, got into another long-term relationship and got out of it, and in the middle of all of those life changing events, I lost myself and I lost what made me me. I tried to fit into a bunch of different boxes to make other people happy. I let other people’s opinions of me decide how I felt about myself, and that caught up with me. My marriage had left me very disoriented and the spilled over into other areas of my life. I am still fixing what that broke in me, but that has a lot to do with why I am here today, writing again. To be honest, for more than the last decade, I’ve been surviving and not living and I’m tired. I want to start living again!

I feel like I’m finally at a point in my journey where I can express myself in a way that I can be helpful to other people and not spew the anger and resentment that I’ve been harboring for so many years. I am still angry and working through that, but I have a lot more clarity now, and I’m proud of that. But through my healing, I feel like I have found a calling to start helping others, because we defiantly aren’t alone in this, even though it can feel that way so much of the time. I need some good to come out of all of this bad.

I know that my social media pages are full of fun videos and happiness, and that is true at the time, but it’s not every minute of every day. What a lot of people don’t understand is that you can be depressed and suffering and hide it well. From even the people who love you the most and know you better than you know yourself. A mask is easier to put on than the truth sometimes. Maybe you don’t want to worry your loved ones or maybe you feel like they won’t understand or think poorly of you. No matter what excuse you give it, eventually it will catch up with you. And it has with me. 

I needed some changes. I have been just floating through my days, checking all the boxes, but not really living. I want to find my spark and excitement again. I want to enjoy my time and not just check the boxes; I’ve been thinking for a while of how to do that. I have a lot of different interests and passions, and some of that gets lost in the everyday. I love my dogs and love my kennel, but that’s just one part of me. I love being a mom more than anything, but I don’t want my son to see me not living my life to the fullest and putting goodness into the world. I’ve dealt with a lot in my life, and it’s had a profound effect on me. I want all my pain to have been for some good, and the only way I can figure out how to do that is to share my story and hopefully help others with their tough times. But I also want to inspire people to find their glimmers. Find what makes them happy and do that. It may not be anything that makes sense to anyone else, and it may not fit into any other areas of your life, but if it brings you a smile, do it! And I want to spread Joy. That is what’s most important to me. 

So here we are! I’m back to writing and you are more than welcome to come along with me on this journey. So, to get started, I’m going to tell you some things that interest me, that I will be diving deeper into as this progresses. My goal with all of this is to pick a topic and integrate it into my social media posts and podcast. My life is crazy, but in a fun way. I’m hoping by giving y’all a deeper look into my everyday life, I can inspire y’all to dive deeper into a passion or interest, or if you are going through a hard time, my story and experience can somehow help you to keep going, until you find the sun again. 

About me…. first and foremost, I am the mom to an amazing little boy and I own and operate Antebellum Kennels, where we specialize in training and competing with hunting dogs. We will most defiantly get into more detail with both of those soon! But beyond that, I LOVE music All kinds, so long as I can sing and dance to it! I also love to cook, entertain, and make cocktails. Travel and history round out the things that I spend a lot of my day thinking about. These subjects, with my own life experiences sprinkled in will be the map for all of this. 

So, anyways, I’m glad you’re here! I know that not everything I write or talk about will interest everyone all the time, but I’m pretty sure, if you hang around long enough, I’ll cover something that you like. And if you hang around even longer, something will come up that will inspire you or help you through a tough time. 

I hope you have the Best Day of Your Life and come back soon! I’m not sure what we’ll be covering, but I can promise you, there’s a pretty good chance it will be entertaining at the very least!