After a long hiatus, I'm back to blogging. I have been encouraged by a friend to start once more. Not everything I write will be a husband wife perspective...the idea of that name came from writing about our experiences abroad. Now that we are stateside, the content will change somewhat. Nonetheless, entertaining, educational, uplifting it will remain! For the first time in 10 years I deactivated my Facebook account, I never realized how much of a stake it had in my life until I went to deactivate it. A rush of uncertainty and loss overcame me…it left me pondering how something so insignificant could have become such a significant part of me. I suppose I allowed it to become a part of my identity. It was a sacred place where friendships blossomed, were rekindled, or maintained. It was a place that allowed me to be the person I wanted to be and not necessarily the person I am. Facebook allowed me to live my best days publically, while allowing me to carefully conceal my ...
This blog is meant to be totally transparent. I believe transparency helps us identify, it helps us feel "normal", it helps us cope, it helps us learn...transparency is key in helping others and allowing others to help you become better. What is written here will be raw and honest, it won't always make me look good...but that isn't what I want. I don't want to look good, I want to be real...sometimes real is ugly.