Well, if it’s true my last post was the end of January 2023, that means all my lofty plans to reboot didn’t happen. As I logged on tonight, I was even surprised that I could get in to the admin site just to try this again. But here’s the thing: I can’t not do this. I have tried time and time again to let the writing go, and just fall by the wayside. I journal in spurts, doing every day for weeks but then nothing. And I keep coming back to this blog.

The Universe wants me to do this, I think. The signs are everywhere! Just today in a consignment store, I saw another sign that read something like ” when I get to The Other Side, I want to be able to say that I used up everything He gave me.” I have seen things like this a few times a week for a few weeks now. I’m interpreting this to mean I have talents I’m not using, talents which could somehow be for a good cause.

I volunteer, a lot, and especially lately. The political campaigns, including being a poll greeter, staffing the local HQ office, and writing thank you notes; fostering dogs (my latest, Summer, was just adopted last Saturday); and serving on the Board of Directors for my homeowners’ association (it’s not as thankless as some would have you believe – I work with good people). So I AM contributing to the world in a few ways. But nothing gives me the satisfaction I get from writing. It’s not that all the other is too easy (although it is). It’s that I have more to give. I know this to be true.

Maybe my talent or my “gift” isn’t writing – but if it is, and maybe it is because I enjoy doing it – then I feel an obligation to try harder. Even if no one reads it, I need to put it out there in the Universe.

So if you’re seeing this, check back for more. Send words of encouragement if you’re inclined. It might look goofy as I try to remember how and what to do here. And it might be just fine. My draft on this screen doesn’t look right, so I might even tease you with a few versions as I try to get back in the saddle. I’m back – and here I go!