About

My name is Shannon Fitzpatrick.

I live in the suburbs of Phoenix, AZ. I am a 45 year old mom to three (verrrry different) boys…think club soccer, marching band and RuPaul…as well as two (verrry different) fur babies, Churro the Chihuahua and Mia the German Shepherd.

I am also a (mostly) loving wife (of 15 years). I have to mention, he is a Police Sergeant and Detective. (So, yes, yet another personality type in our house!)

Also mentionable, I am a healthcare professional of over twenty years, with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Public Health.

…and starting now, I am a new blogger (and dream following adventure seeker)!

I’ve always dreamed of writing, but my career and life as a mother and wife took precedence these past decades.

In fact, I didn’t sit down to just relax between 2006 (when I became a new mom) and 2020. I may have sat down, but it wasn’t to just be. It was to plot my next move. I felt like if I wasn’t doing something productive, I was not productive…and I was not worthwhile. I ran kids around, worked full time, earned my Master’s Degree, headed volunteer committees, started a small business, took part in my wifely duties (get your mind out of the gutter) and oh yeah, the daily life stuff too.

In 2020, Covid hit, and my mom was also diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer, glioblastoma. My mother came to live with us full-time so we could care for her too, and at that time, I realized I didn’t have a choice, but to sit the hell down. It wasn’t a relaxing sit though… it was more like, you need to sit down or you are going to melt right into the floor from overheating and overexerting.

I lost my mother in 2020 and I also lost my (whirlpool of a) path. I have always been an introvert, but my introversion was like a tidal wave that year. It was all just too much. I hunkered down and shut the world out. It is now 2023, and I am just now taking tiny, baby steps on a new trail, made from a meandering stream rather than a whirlpool.

So, my new plan on my new path is to get out of my comfort zone and into local (and not so local) adventures. As we all do, I need to be refreshed, and these adventures do just that. All of us need to take moments away from our busy lives to take part in things we enjoy, and when we do those things, we need to take our time and be present in that moment. Some of us don’t even know what we enjoy because we have been so busy doing what we “should”. So, let’s ride the stream and see where these tiny adventures take us!