It's Aliiiiivve!

Hello, friends.

So I mentioned once awhile back that I was thinking about closing up shop on this ol' blog. I implied in that same post that I'd already decided not to, that this blog would definitely go on in some shape or form.

And then I just kind of stopped writing. For about two or three months.

Turns out that post was a bit presumptuous. I wasn't ready to decide just yet. I'm not even 100% confident that I'm ready to decide right now. I mean I thought about writing a lot. I took photos with the intent to upload them here. I thought about Eden stories to share. I came up with some great post titles. But the motivation to actually sit down at keyboard and type just... fizzled. Every single time.

I keep thinking of those famous verses from Ecclesiastes. These last few months for me have been a time to absorb and reflect. In fact, I think that so much has been coming in to my life and mind and heart lately, that it has taken all my energy to manage the flow, and nothing has been left over for giving out. There is a time to produce and a time to gather supplies if you will. A time to expend energy through various endeavors and a time to hunker down, and be silent, and just try to really take in this life as we find it. I'd been feeling the need to hunker down and be silent. It was long overdue, in fact.

But though the ground around our home remains frozen and seemingly lifeless, I've been feeling the stirring of some energy again. The desire to grow and stretch and shake off some of this dust and dirt and maybe even find some new sunny spots to explore. (Oh metaphors! How I've missed abusing you!) Perhaps it's the New Year and all the people around me who are busy making and pursuing resolutions. Or maybe I have finally recovered from MegaVirusAttack 2010/11, version welcome-to-a-new-state-and-a-whole-new-community-of-germs-just-waiting-to-make-your-acquaintance. (Oh, and that! The run-on-word thing! I've missed that too.) Or maybe it's something else. Maybe we all just need to turn off the lights and unplug the phone once in awhile. Sit in the dark, play the no-one's-home-game, and just be.

I know I did.