I have reviewed my blog today and realized that I have posted a total of one a year for the last couple of years.

The idea started with one a week.

Then there was cancer.

Then there was an aneurysm.

Then other Life Stuff happened.

Then Covid.

Then … laziness and the loss of drive and inspiration.

I would like to add that I have 20+ that I have written but not posted in that time …

And, now, I’m checking in again. To be honest, I am writing this missive with the hope that I even remember how to post it on my page and other media ~ who knows. I may write this and it disappears into the vastness of the internet or, really, if I screw up, it goes nowhere!

AnyHoo, Where Am I Now?

I believe I am just now starting to emerge from the funk of the past many years. Recently we have been enjoying more social occasions. We have met some new friends ~ So Awesome!

We commit to an event and, amazingly, when the day comes I still want to go!

For the last few years I have understood that there is a Hermit in me. I did not know that it was part of my psyche but, apparently so.

People would generously invite us places and it sounded GREAT!! We said yes. Then … the Day would arrive and, Not So Much. It has been a challenge to leave the house.

Why is that? I don’t think I was ever a Social Butterfly but I have always (in my mind) been a person who enjoys getting out, meeting people, sharing thoughts and laughs and generally just being a part of society.

What the hell happened? I’m not sure if anyone else has found themselves to be a different person because of the past few years.

Yes, I added a few other things to my past almost-decade but – I have been hearing from others that there has been a change in their lives as well. It gives me Hope.

Upon thought and reflection, where I am now I will equate (with some hubris) is that I am busting out of my cocoon and once again being the butterfly I can be!

Lol – yes, silly. But what is life without whimsy!

I invite you all to look at life that way. You may be in a cocoon. I think you can choose to come out as a butterfly or a moth (not that there is anything wrong with that!). Either way, you are going to, and want to, evolve.

Perhaps there is some positive from the past few years of introspection. A honing of values, clarity in what is important and the weaning of the chaff in life both in people and ideas.

I choose a butterfly but moths are lovely too.