Lily
It has been nearly three years since I last had the courage to post. The original purpose of this blog, to detail our lives as we lived overseas, faded when we returned to the US. Once home, I couldn't bring myself to post, not with any integrity. Everything I wrote once home went through a filter of self protection before I published. I worried more about offending or upsetting someone by my post than being honest and sharing, so, I quit. I focused instead on my schooling, work, etc. I've missed this blog. Writing it became therapeutic to me. I've never been to confessional in a church, but I imagine that the way I feel after writing and sharing is much the same as one feels after confessional. There is an unburdening, a lightness. I still feel the weight of my words and thoughts, but much less so knowing that they are being carried by many and no longer mine alone. I can't honestly say that this post will be the first of many....