Happy Thanksgiving

I'm in Utah with my family enjoying my favorite holiday.

It has been a rocky year, but I have much to be thankful for, and I am. I am richly blessed, surrounded by family and friends who care about me.

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Missing my boys

Update: Shiloh had surgery to repair his disc last week. The recovery will be tough, but David tells me he is doing well.



Shiloh has a compressed disc in his back. I wish I could be there with him. Send good thoughts up to Utah.

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Rusty

Between the flu and laryngitis, with a little fun in between, I haven't put much effort into my new space here. I am still feeling my way a bit in terms of how it will take shape.

Do I want to write about what I'm up to? School is (mostly) off-limits.

Do I want to write about dating for the first time in 13 years? For the first time since I was 18? Yikes.

Sex? (Hi Mom!) Probably not.

Politics? I'm sure I will at times. Occasionally I just can't keep off my soapbox.

Or do I just want to post pictures and let them do the talking?

Because everything is new I feel self-conscious I feel more comfortable in my own skin than I have in years.

Near the beginning
a few tentative steps
I scan the horizon
consult my guidebook
Map and compass reveal
possible routes
but the way is still unknown
Paths disappear ahead of me
into the shaded woods
across meadows dancing with flowers
up a mountainside among the boulders
out into the desert under blazing sun
into foggy mist by the ocean cliffs
There is no looking back yet
Everything is new
anything is possible

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