I've been meaning to start this blog for a while now. I've abandoned my old online diary. I haven't written in it for a long time beyond a once or twice a year. It had started out so well, and I had made it a good diary for a couple of years. I loved writing pithy, uplifting little reflections about my day-to-day life. But I found that I was increasingly unable to get to the heart of matters there. My life was being taken over by too many things that I didn't want to write about. Especially with all the nice readers I had acquired.
But it's not just them. It's ME. I'm not the same person I was when I started that journal. I still have the same basic beliefs, and I am still an optimistic sort of person who focuses on the good things in life... But I've been through sorrowful hard times, and my emotional chemistry has changed. I don't think there's any going back.
Anyway, this is a good, upbeat moment for me to start a blog. It's Christmastime. The kids had their last day of school today. The house is clean. The bank account has plenty enough to ensure a comfortable Christmas for all. That's fantastic, you know--I was afraid we wouldn't HAVE a CHristmas, or that we'd lost our home and be God-knows-where for Christmas.
Ok, I have done my duty; I have started a blog. Now I can go to bed.
