18 months ago I walked
out on my blog. I didn’t know, back then, that it was my last post, but in
retrospect I suppose it had been the natural course after a year of an off
again-on again relationship. But for some reason, a year and half later, here I am, standing
at its front door with a bouquet of flowers. Don’t get me wrong – this isn’t
Katie picking up the proverbial plume (is that a thing?) again.
While there is still ‘a’
writer floating around in Katieland, I no longer identify myself as ‘a writer’.
Which is why I think I took a step (okay, a very large leap) back from that
world. Because my days were no longer filled with word counts, and chapters, characters,
or pacing, query letters and agents. And while I remain in tune to some of the
news through authorly and bloggerly friends on facebook, I haven’t used my
writer account in ages because I feel so out of touch with a writer’s day to
day.
Nope. Since the birth of our baby boy in May 2015, my days have been spent
firmly (although sometimes painfully) grounded in the real world. Our little
guy had a hard time of it those first few months. He was born with an
undetected heart defect that needed open-heart surgery a few days before his
three-month birthday. He made it through with flying colors, though, and has
been growing strong and healthy ever since.
Our oldest daughter,
Lily, began the sixth grade at an international middle school 20 minutes from
here, so this year has consisted of LOTS of taxi-ing her and her two younger sisters
around to and from their respective schools, cleaning, cooking, shopping, and
caring for two babies (two and under) AND studying to pass my teaching
certification exams in March since I finally FINALLY obtained French
citizenship and can be employed as a state employee (ie public school teacher)
full time.
So, here we are. Even
now, as I read through this short post, I can feel the passion remains
unstirred. I hope someday that part of me will get her time in the sun again.
Until then, I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m still here, I’m okay,
and I think of you often and wish all of my old blogger buddies the very best
in everything!
This is Creepy, signing
off...again. :)
-CQC
