I’m Back…
It has been a long nine intentional months since my last post. After my last blog entry on racial discrimination our family was receiving, I was cautious to blog again. It was a concern to not have content to the caliber of the last post, but also fear of going viral again. While it was entertaining to watch my site analytics skyrocket overnight, a lot of unexpected interviews, attention, and hate came from that post. So, I took a well needed hiatus and missed the opportunity to blog on a lot of interesting topics and events; but I’m back! Blogging is my outlet and hobby which allows me to decompress and vent. I missed the opportunity to write out my feelings on various hot topics, and sharing events our family experienced, but needed to take a step back from the viral experience to decide if I wanted to keep sharing.
Let’s do a quick recap of the last nine months:
We learned we are moving to Algeria in June 2022 and will be moving to VA to learn French in June 2021.
My Mom was diagnosed, fought, and beat breast cancer.
We had visits from Bamma, Nana, Abby, and Barrie.
We tragically lost Jamari’s uncle Will, to Covid.
We bought an investment property in Kansas City. (Anyone want to move to KC and rent from us?)
Audrey began preschool and is thriving in the absolute best school for her. I’m so sad to be taking her out to move soon.
Maxwell is walking, talking, and climbing on everything in sight.
I spent 35 hours getting a full back tattoo, which won an award at a tattoo convention.
We took our first family vacation to North Carolina for Christmas to visit O’ma and O’pa.
We visited family in St. Louis.
I took a solo trip to visit my Mom after her surgery for 3 days which was glorious; and then another trip back to visit with the kids which was chaos.
Depression remains a very real and present battle for me.
Jamari and I were both vaccinated for Covid.
I am sure I am missing some things, but this about sums up my blogging break. I have missed blogging my feelings on certain news topics and events, but I am certain there will be more opportunities. It’s good to be back!