Just who is Darvi, anyway????

Welcome to my very first blog post!!! 

My full government name is Darvionne, but I've been called Darvi for short since the mid-1980s.  I hail from the far south suburbs of Chicago, by way of the far south side of Chicago. I grew up in the Beverly/Morgan Park area, attended Kellogg Elementary School and Morgan Park High School (class of '88 y'all!) before heading down to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  I guess I am a true Illinoisan!  

Since I've told you when I graduated from high school, I guess I can say that I'm "40-something."  I've been married, am mom to my two joys, the Teen and Tween (better known as the boy and the girl or my two AJs).  I'm in a committed relationship with Urban Dude, and have a great circle of friends and sorors who surround me and have my back.  My official twitter bio (@heydarvi) says:  "Lawyer turned blogger, mom to AJs, Sigma woman, scrapbooker, jewelry designer, entrepreneur, writer, avid reader, shopper, and most importantly - A Believer!"  

That about sums me up in a nutshell, I think.  Except:  I like wine, I multi-task, I have a quirky and sometimes wry sense of humor, I'm a "crafter extraordinaire," I love organization but am prone to clutter, I love my friends and planning parties, I am a firm believer in giving back to the community, I am ever-evolving and learning to walk just a little bit more by faith each day.  I don't always get it right, but I'm not giving up.  At the end of the day, I'm simply a work in progress.

Enough of that!  How did I get here??? That is the question of the day.  The idea, inspiration and journey for this blog was born of a phone conversation on January 5, 2014, as I drove to the craft store in a blizzard (that's another post for another day- suffice it to say I'm from Chicago and weather doesn't scare me).  A year and a half later, here we are!  Well, after a HUGE pep talk from my friend and fellow blogger, Delvin Randle, find his blog here.

I am both excited and afraid all at the same time!  I invite you to join me on this journey through my perfectly imperfect world as I write about things I do love, support, visit, try, and struggle with.  I'm sure that it will continue to evolve over time as well.  But you know what?  I plan to enjoy the journey and I hope you will too!!!  It's a true walk of faith at this point...

So that's a slice of who I am.  Anything else you wanna know about me?  Holla @ Darvi! Have a wonderful and SAFE holiday weekend.  Be blessed!