My goodness, I must admit that I haven’t done a very good job of keeping up with this blog.  You know what they say about good intentions, so I’m sorry that this has been so empty lately. 

Sometimes when I see a blog that has gone dormant, or been left with an old post, I can’t help but wonder what has happened to the author.  Perhaps it depends upon our own emotional makeup at the time, but I find myself wondering what event or focus has replaced the passion or written intentions I see on a page.  Is something wrong for that individual?  Have they lost interest, or simply taken some time for other priorities? 

And then I remember that life simply happens. 

We are all busy in many different ways, and so often the expectations we build for ourselves- and others – are difficult to live up to.  Yet that is okay.   If not for our goals and expectations, we might not ever begin the journey.

My own life has been fine.  I was very busy over the last year with family and finishing a graduate degree.  Other writings have taken precedence, perhaps with the realization that at some point- we simply cannot do it all.  At least not at the same time!

But it hasn’t changed my focus, or passion, or intentions.  I am thankful for the opportunity and joy in my life, and that of others that I meet and share this journey with along the way.   And I will continue to look for ways to give back.  

Our nation and many individuals face great challenge right now.  I remember a time years go when we faced similar challenges.  But we overcame them, and moved on.  Winter is almost over, and I find myself excited for the coming spring.  Like the new growth and beginnings of spring, I believe we can begin again as well.    

One of the frustrating things about blogging is learning the technical aspects of your blogging platform.  For me that means integrating plugins and workarounds to display things properly… but sometimes it simply doesn’t do what you thought!  Lately the right sidebar has been dropping down on some posts for this theme. I’ve modified the CSS and margin numbers, etc, but no matter what I do… it still happens.  But I’ve isolated the issue to a few posts… normally, if your images are too large in a post, it causes the sidebar to drop in IE.  But I don’t have any images in those posts!  Just links… which leads me to believe those links may be the problem.  I’ll leave it for now, and see how it goes over time.  I’ve “given back” too much time to that issue for now… Ahhh, technology!