My name is Mercedes, yes…like the car. Born in Panama, carrying a Dutch passport and, for now, living in Miami, that can change. I consider myself a citizen of the world. Mother of two grown ups, wife of one very understanding man, older than I was yesterday, younger than I will be tomorrow, age is a number. I have always been a writer. Have kept journals since I was a teenager: written in long hand on school notebooks. Yes, I still have them in boxes, somewhere. Life is a journey and I am going my own way and loving it. This is about sharing what I am finding along the way. One day at a time….