Erm...Is This Seat Taken?

I'm realizing that I need this blog, the feedback, connection, and discipline it both requires from and provides for me. If I were to close it, I'd be one step closer to being like the cartoon turtle that pulls inside his shell and then closes the flap behind him. Friends and family have made gentle comments that frequent writing is not something they need or expect from me, and that helps me a lot.

I'm the kind of person who always shows up either on time or early, because I hate the idea of making someone have to wait for me. I guess it applies here, too.

Please check back whenever and however often you want to, and I promise I'll post when I have something to share. Some days I nearly burst with the need to share some dumb little things, and other days I don't even want to know what I have to say. I will continue to try to make this place a positive one; however I won't withhold news or sugar-coat it either. And I want to reassure you that I'll find people to talk to when my introspection leads to concerns that my friends can't help me with.

I hate that someone might think I'm unreliable or unstable because I'm changing my mind here, but I am undergoing many changes, big and small, and this space is intended to reflect what I experience during this process, after all. Please know that I'm many things, and even when I'm sounding blue, I also remain the wacky sf wench, the geek, the joker, the mother, the sister, the daughter, the friend going about my life the best I can, as are you all.

Thank you for making me feel "held" in your hearts, as you are within mine.