Vivid Living

Hi there.

I’m Nancy Sharp, creator of Vivid Living.  I’m a writer who first found my calling in New York City, but after 18 years of urban chaos traded in the fast life for the grounding vistas of Colorado.  Today, I live in Denver with my hubby, Steve, and our four children.  We’re a blended family alright:  the nine year-old twins are mine and the teenage boys are his.  I guarantee you’ll hear more about our family over time (this is a life blog after all), but first let me tell you why I wanted to write about Vivid Living.

Do you ever dream of recasting your life?  I did.  Widowed, spent, and uncertain about the future back in New York, I came to Denver four years ago to renew myself.  Life had mowed me down, or so it felt, and at 40, I just wasn’t ready to let the days drive me any longer.  I needed, desperately, to find my stride and regain a sense of possibility.

Like a rose in full bloom, life is still full of brittle thorns.  Some you can anticipate while others, like the rare tumor that felled my first husband, are random. Wherever the middle ground lies, experience has taught me that you can’t swing at every curveball in life.  What happens to us in life matters, but in my view, how we choose to live matters more.  Roses wither and die as do the people and possessions and roles we hold dearest; but…they also bloom again and again, slightly different and more layered than the first time but just as real.

Welcome to Vivid Living, a blog about meeting the pricks in life head-on (I’m serious!), and infusing a little color, tenacity and passion into your world.  I hope it inspires you to live freer and happier, and to feel confident about renewing yourself at any moment.

What inspires you to live vividly?  E-mail me at nsharp@NancySharp.net.

For more about me, visit www.NancySharp.net.