I’m Baaaack!!

Looking at my posts, the last thing I posted here was a link to an article written by John Pavlovitz, a writer, activist, blogger, and yes–pastor from Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA. That post dates back to October 2018. Normally, I’m not a fan of anyone who is a pastor or anything remotely connected to religion, but he is worth following, if you want something good and thought-provoking to read. He is the kind of Christian who walks the walk, rather than just talking it, and he doesn’t like Trump–something I consider to be a good thing. Find him here. He’s also on social media. The last substantive post I made was also in October 2018. So, it’s been awhile. I honestly didn’t think I’d come back here, then when I started trying, I didn’t think WordPress would let me back in.

Since I have not been maintaining this blog, I also lost access to it, and the associated email. It’s taken me a few days of dogged effort to get back in, but I’ve succeeded! There were definitely times when I thought I wouldn’t succeed. But I did, and prayer had nothing to do with it. To coin a common refrain from Christian Science testimonies, I am grateful for the technical support agents at Shaw Communications (my internet service provider), and my own patience. They have all helped. The fact that I achieved this without loud bouts of swearing is testament to a lot of work I’ve been doing on “myself” lately (a few posts coming up on that topic–it’s the biggest reason I’m resurrecting this blog–my Christian Science departure story, contrary to my previous belief, is far from over).

There is lots that is new in my life now. As I mentioned in a previous post, I met the person I call “my human”. When I was last talking about her, we had known each other for about a year–in fact almost the day of writing that post, it was exactly a year. Shortly after I wrote that post, I asked her to marry me. She said yes, and a year later, in September 2019, we got the deed done. I am ever so happy that we got the wedding done before that nice little pandemic got rolling. Another friend of mine, who got engaged about the same time, but they decided to have a two-year engagement, didn’t have quite as smooth a ride with the wedding plans, as they planned their wedding in 2020, of all years.

So, I hope there are still a few readers out there, and that the dozen or so regulars I had will get email alerts on this post. If not, time to build a new audience. I will wade through the many emails and post any comments that are sitting in the queue. I may start a semi-regular schedule of posting, there are a few new stories to tell, and a post series or two from the past that I never finished. Hell, we’ve been through a pandemic–and to some degree we’re still going through it. I’ve got lots of insight related to that. I’ve also been dealing more recently with mental health issues–which tie directly into my past as a Christian Scientist. So, that’s the Cole’s Notes version of what’s coming.

Thank you all for watching!

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