It all starts with a name...

I've started this blog many times but never hit the publish button. So here I sit again typing and wondering if I have anything to say. Yes I do

As titled Life with Grammy makes me think who I am ... for years I was:

• John's sister and hated that he was 4 years younger but the star of everything the golden boy from the beginning. The world stops cause John comes around. 
• My parents daughter.... was proud to be that they were always there for me and supportive of everything I did.
• My Nana's Granddaughter the oldest one.. we were so much alike that we locked horns many times I remember one time being introduced to some friends of her's and it went from being Myrtle's granddaughter, Diane's Daughter and I chimed in as my kids mom but Tammy was never mentioned.
• I then became Justin (the mom of the baby that died), Zac and Zane's Mom nothing better than being their mom until....
•  Becoming Grammy to 3 wonderful girls Jaden, Payton and Alaina.

However after all those roles I am Tammy Zemliska I was born that way and will die that way.

 I have been Tammy James who was married to Dennis "Dan" James for 15 years had 3 wonderful boys with. Could not stay married to as we approached life in different ways but am thankful for the boys he gave me.

I then became Tammy James the single mom. I made the decision to stay single as long as I was raising the boys. Did not know of any successful blended families, knew I could not give a relationship the effort it deserved and as raise the boys that God had blessed me with. Was it easy HELL no we had our troubles and they had problems because of the abandonment of their dad. But we had a good life and they turned into productive citizens and are now dad's that I could not be more proud of. When Zane was a senior I decided it was time for me to find someone and did.

I then became Tammy Brewer that was a real experience... we were together for 5 years that changed my life... he bought a ranch.. I built a log home while he worked the oil field so we could afford it. I raised 125 head of cows and 200 sheep was a ranch wife in all sense of the word but didn't have the name so told him we either got married or I was moving on. So in his words I forced him to marry me and things went down hill from there. We stayed married for 5 years and I lived the life of cheap labor. I loved my life on the ranch and in my dream home but the mental abuse got to be to much.

So again divorced I became Tammy Zemliska. 

I have been  a business owner both owning A Touch of Class with mom we had that shop from 79 to 91.     I  then moved from Newcastle to Billings. Not sure it was right or not took the boys away from everything they knew. We went on to have quite the adventure as a single mom with 2 boys. 

Found out I was not a good employee needed to do things my way so opened up Just Flowers in downtown Billings 2 years later changed it from a Flower Shop to the only Design School between Denver and Seattle. I taught students from all over the state and surrounding area helped to open up several flower shop. 

Was happy  to help so many people fallow their dream of working or owning a flower shop. 

I have been a general contractor, builder helper, rancher, and developer of a guest ranch.

Redefining myself at 50 lead me to working with a community foundation something totally new but I welcomed the challenge of helping the community I was living in. I then was given the opportunity to work with a long term recovery team that helped the most vulnerable that we effected my the floods of 11 and wildfires of 12. This job taught me more about people than anything I had ever done. How people need to be respected for who they are.

Now I am at another turning point looking to define who and what I want to do in this phase of life.

God has blessed me with so many experiences that I hope to be able to use to make a difference. 

I hope to use this blog as a place to document this adventure in a new career not yet defined, my adventures in dating after 50, my journeys on Purple (more to come on that) my place to share my life for the 3 most important girls in my life. Also my spot to share my adventures with them. So here we go I will push the publish button and see what happens. Here's to the best that is yet to be.