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Is this thing still on?

Well… hi there, friends. Long time, no see, write, read.

If anyone is still here, subscribed to this old blog home of mine, you may have been surprised to see this post actually come through in your inbox (or however else you landed on this page).

I am surprised, myself.

Despite the missed time, which is typical around this neck of the woods, I’m seeing this opportunity as an invitation to begin again.

While I daily write with trusty Pilot G-2 pen and black, hardback Moleskine journal, I miss writing here on this particular platform. It is too a space of familiarity for me.

Blogging has always been something near and dear to my creative heart — for sharing my faith filled on both bitter sorrows and sweet consolations, the wonders God has done in my life, recording memories to later look back on, or for simple prose; more than that of a microblog via an Instagram post, for example. For some time now I’ve sensed my heart yearning to write here again and with no particular agenda in mind, but simply taking advantage of the opportunities as they present themselves… such as right now as the littles are down for their afternoon nap and the bigs are having their own quiet time.

I’ve stripped down the contents of my site, too, which aligns accordingly with my life right now.

I am currently on a sabbatical from work. In addition to living out my vocation as a wife + mother and taking care of matters within my home, I have every intention to make this extended leave from work one filled with rest, recreation, adventure. I hope, too, that there’ll be a certain extent of purging. I’m finding that this is very much needed and admittedly is not as very-well tended to when I’m juggling all that I do on a regular basis.

It also dawned on me at the start of my sabbatical the temptation to do all the things. Knowing myself and the unhealthy drive I have to be productive, I know now that this sabbatical is time to do quite the opposite — to truly slow down, stop taking score of productivity, filling our schedules unnecessarily… to live life abundantly (John 10:10), and to behold the gaze of Christ in a life that isn’t hurried.

We’ll see how this goes. Pray for me, will you?