One step at a Time

Some of you reading this may have only known me by the name Megan, others have only known me by MJ. And the lovely bunch in the middle has known me as both. I get the question, "Why MJ?" I had the thought to share a little about this tonight. Let me begin with the backstory of why I was named what I was. I'll start off easy; Baird, my father's last name and mother's married name. Nothing too crazy about passing that one down. Now onto Jeanne. I'm sure several of you read it as "Jee-anne", however, it is actually pronounced the same as "Jean". This is a name that was passed down for generations on my mother’s side. It did not used to be my favorite, but the older I have gotten, the more I have come to love the name. I look forward to one day passing it on to one of our daughters. Now, the fun one. Megan. I always smile a little when I think of this story. Megan was a name that my mom had come up with; a name my dad was not a fa...

Wowzers. It has been a hot minute since I have last made a post on here. This topic has come to my mind on and off for the past several months, so I thought it was time to write some of my thoughts out. This is an interesting world we live in, isn't it? So many different people living so many different lives. Different personalities. Different opinions. The range is incredible. And the best part? When people allow others to be just that. In this post, I am going to be blunt with who I am and I hope you will read until the end to truly hear me out and what I am trying to say. Let's start with where the inspiration for this came from. Have you all heard of the show "The Fosters"? I watched the whole series and thought it was pretty good. Then they came out with a break off show called "Good Trouble". I was pretty excited. They took some of the more major characters and continued their life stories. One in particular, being the main character, Call...