A Long Time Coming
:: A Long Time Coming :: It has been a long time coming....the last time I wrote anything in this space was nearly two years ago. I have let social media take the place of meaning time spent writing, thinking, and tasting my words before sending them out into the world. It is funny how entrenched you can become in the world of likes, comments, and posts, as if that is supposed to fill the need for meaningful and thoughtful time spent sharing with others. I was looking back at the very first posts on here and I am hit with a wave of melancholic nostalgia for the past. I miss my children being young, spending time at home with them, and if I am honest, I miss the way the world was ten years ago. I know, I know. I am not wearing rose-colored glasses by any stretch of the imagination because it was not perfect and there was still a lot of heartache, violence, and sadness in the world. However, I find myself asking, what has happened? Why is it that when I listen to NPR, ...
