Volver
I always return to this place, mostly for you. I still love it here even though it feels a bit like faded wallpaper in a deserted house. This is my secret place, where people know me best and longest.
In a few weeks, I'll be leaving this little house and moving to San Antonio. The new house will be beautiful. It was built in 1929 and has the quirks of a house that's closing in on a century. There is a lot to do, but all the amazing work that we put into this house paid off handsomely so we will be able to give this new place the tenderness and restoration it deserves.
Our Christmas was lovely and calm. I have gotten over the wounds of motherhood to a certain extent and am remembering that I was a whole person before I had children. I am becoming that whole person again. Not that I love my boys any less. I believe it's simply a function of age to move on from them at some point, as much as they moved on from me. They were shocked that I was selling the house. The first of many realizations that adult life will bring them--the knowledge that everything changes and you can't go back.
This decade is shaping up to be one in which I do much nerding out with more gaming than ever. I love technology and killing zombies. Who knew?? Having my own practice continues to be amazing. There is nothing better than being able to control my own work life. I'm happier with this than I've ever been.
I started writing here fifteen years ago. Most of it has been a happy, energetic blur. I knew this was a special place when I first arrived. It's still the place where the most important people in my life showed up.
Let's all keep showing up once in a while.
In a few weeks, I'll be leaving this little house and moving to San Antonio. The new house will be beautiful. It was built in 1929 and has the quirks of a house that's closing in on a century. There is a lot to do, but all the amazing work that we put into this house paid off handsomely so we will be able to give this new place the tenderness and restoration it deserves.
Our Christmas was lovely and calm. I have gotten over the wounds of motherhood to a certain extent and am remembering that I was a whole person before I had children. I am becoming that whole person again. Not that I love my boys any less. I believe it's simply a function of age to move on from them at some point, as much as they moved on from me. They were shocked that I was selling the house. The first of many realizations that adult life will bring them--the knowledge that everything changes and you can't go back.
This decade is shaping up to be one in which I do much nerding out with more gaming than ever. I love technology and killing zombies. Who knew?? Having my own practice continues to be amazing. There is nothing better than being able to control my own work life. I'm happier with this than I've ever been.
I started writing here fifteen years ago. Most of it has been a happy, energetic blur. I knew this was a special place when I first arrived. It's still the place where the most important people in my life showed up.
Let's all keep showing up once in a while.