Hello!

I’m so glad you’ve come by for a visit. My name is Allison Davis and I’m the “Girl.”   I am also a practicing wife and mama, or home economist as my mama likes to say. (The word “practicing” should be in about 2000 font.)

Why this?

I decided to embark on this website thing because, as of now, I have been married a little over 13 years, am in the process of raising 4 little babes with my husband and all of this after “returning home” from being seriously into my career. Not that there is anything wrong with that (as Jerry Seinfeld says). I was just unable to do both, feel like I was doing a decent job at either, and keep my sanity. We will talk about that later.

I’ve also returned home from the big city, LA, to my sweet little prairie town on the plains, to the house I grew up in and, most important, to God. Good grief. That’s a lot of returning home. It has become my theme in life!

Encouraging Each Other

I have learned so many things I’d love to have known sooner. So, in the spirit of encouraging other moms out there, I feel compelled to put my little bit of somethin’ on the net in case anybody might find it useful. If nothing else, I’m just happy to have a record of things for the little guys that I hang out with, and their little guys and their little guys…..

It’s late right now and I’ve been immersed in how to build websites for weeks after the chillins go to bed, before they wake up. Oh, and during the day too. (Ok, honey, I’ll be there in a little bit…….this is important stuff…….this is how we change the world, right?)

Just Practicing

But before we start, let me say one thing that has been running through my mind that you just have to get: I do not have this stuff down perfectly AT ALL. And, truthfully, I guess that would be impossible. I’m just trying every day, like you, to do the best I know how at any one moment. And when I mess up, I get back up and try again.

In addition, there is nothing new under the sun. Many of my thoughts and ideas are gleaned from other sources, so I don’t take credit for total originality.  It is my hope and plan to give credit wherever necessary.

What is that line on the header all about?

The quote on my header, “A girl travels the world in search of what she needs and returns home to find it,” is by George Augustus Moore (1852-1933)  He was an Irish Novelist.  He had the word “man” in there instead of “girl.”  I’ve taken some liberty changing it for my site, but I don’t think he will mind.

14 Years Ago

I was sitting in my car at a light on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles (that’s in the “valley”).  I was in total angst about deciding whether to move back to my little prairie town in middle America to be with the man of my dreams I’d met 3 months earlier or stay in LA with my big career I’d spent the last 16 years cultivating.

God Was Talking

I was deep in thought about what to do with my life when I looked up at the marquee on a church lawn and that quote about “returning home” was staring me in the face.  That’s when it all hit me.  I grabbed an ABC-TV envelope that was sitting in the front seat (that is where I was working) and scribbled it down real fast.  That was the turning point.  I have that envelope framed and sitting right next to me on my wall.  I’m so glad I didn’t throw it away.

I’ll get on to that whole story later.  I hope you enjoy being here.   I’m always open to comments and questions and would love to hear from you.

God Bless You!

CONTACT:

Comment on any post and I will respond, or email me at Allison@girlreturnshome.com

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