Why

Dated, because I'm sure the "why" will change frequently. 

January 2018

My husband was recently working on our taxes using one of those automated, DIY tax thingamajigs. One of the first pages lists changes that could have occurred in your life within the past year. He brought to my attention that he had to select almost all of them. "That's crazy." We had a baby girl, we moved to a new state, we both got new jobs, our baby had surgery - and those are the big changes! We have been lost in a maze of moving, transferring, completing paperwork, searching for new providers, and establishing new routines.

In the midst of all the change,  my anxiety skyrocketed. Around October of last year my migraines increased and sleep decreased. I screamed in the car and cried in the shower. I was completely lost. Over the past few weeks, I have started to find solid footing just a bit. I've been intentionally slowing down. I've committed myself to rediscovering the things that have previously centered me - reading, writing, and learning. It's been far too long since I have done any of those regularly. So here we are.

June 2020

So, I published on this blog for a few months a few years back. It was cool, but then people started asking me more questions than I was ready to answer. So I continued to write but didn't post. In the past several weeks, in the wake of yet another round of unjust, racist killings of Black Americans, I have had many  conversations about being Black in America. I have thoughts. So I am going to put them here.