i'm back! you still out there???

hello bloggers!!!!  it's been such a long time, hasn't it?  i don't even know the last time i wrote an entry.  but i was having lunch with my friend stephanie and she said i needed to start blogging again.  i think i need to as well.  there are such benefits i receive from this form of communication.  the major benefit is that it makes me think of others.  i take the time to unscramble the jumbled mess of thoughts and emotions in my head and try to make sense of it and make something good out of it.  somehow, in my incredibly selfish world, that seems giving.  i feel responsible for thinking of something thought-provoking to write, and that helps me stop thinking all the other junk that gets me nowhere.

it feels like you all are my accountability partners out there in cyber space.  i work harder to see the beauty in everything, or at least make sense of everything, so that i can have something uplifting to write on this blog.  

it really works, though, if you comment or reply to this blog.  it's like a confession booth or something.  a safe place to voice your opinions.  i don't always feel comfortable voicing my opinions to people.  especially when it's politics and religion.  my take on it is ~ do i actually think that arguing with this person is going to change their views?  but on this blog, i feel safer to write what i want to write.  and you should feel that way too.

i mean, listen.  we live in a very segregated day and age.  when was the last time your neighbor asked you for a cup of flour?  (of course, they don't need flour because they went to costco and bought a 20 lb bag, and then decided to go on the atkins diet)  but if blogging is the only way we are going to communicate honestly with each other, then let's do it!!!

please send me a comment to let me know you're out there.  hope you all are doing well!!!