03-21-24 4th Anniversary
How is it possible that lockdown was four years ago already? I have been blogging since the day I went home from the office to ride out the pandemic. It is almost unimaginable that it has been that long already, especially since the first period of time seemed to stretch into oblivion. I have learned a lot about myself.
I joined Rotary and learn so much each week, this week about the stage 4 drought we are already in with the reduced snow pack. I found the joy of cooking again and being healthy. I let some things, groups and friends go. I struggled to set boundaries, but found great relief when enough time passed to allow me to let the guilt go. I lost too many people; friends and family. I felt the pain because they loved me and I loved them.
More importantly, tonight I thank you for hanging in. I thank you for reading along, for judging silently, for supporting loudly and for being you. Whatever reason there is that you read this silly blurt of my life, it makes me happy to know you are here and I hope you find something in it. Maybe some joy, maybe some encouragement, maybe some empathy… in any case, you make my life fuller by knowing you are there.. and here is to many more years together.
I shall press on (and I am sorry for the poor grammar and punctuation. I don’t want to edit too much or I lose the flow)
triumphgal 