On November 15, 2020, I finally mustered the courage to launch the blog that my brother told me to start ten years earlier. I didn’t know what to expect; I only knew that I had thoughts, feelings, regrets, and wonderings that were doing no good festering on the inside. I can’t tell you how amazing it’s felt to begin to let go and share my life and heart with you all. I wanted to create a space for people who needed something to connect to because I needed such a space so many times in my life. And based on the messages I’ve received, I believe that, for a few, I have been moderately successful.

However, things have been unyieldingly turbulent and murky for the past few months, leaving me little mental/emotional space to process my thoughts, let alone articulate them. I feel like a boxer, sparring against a faster, stronger opponent. I have enough heart to keep getting up, but only to be knocked right back down again. Life has been kicking my butt! I knew that I wouldn’t be able to write without toxicity, and that isn’t what I wanted this blog to be about. So, I took a sabbatical to sort myself out – my sincerest apologies for any inconvenience.

Although I’m still in the ring and just got up from the dizzying uppercut of yesterday, I’m ready to refocus on Broken Bits. When I started this blog, I had so many ideas and plans. I had NO idea how to execute these plans since I know as much about creating websites as I know about quantum physics. But, I’m excited to work harder to make this blog what I wanted it to be a year ago! Writing these posts has been the highlight of my life for these 365 days!

And I want to thank you all for being SO supportive: helping me create the page, proofreading, feedback, moral support, weekly readers, and especially those who took the time to share their beautiful broken bits with me along the way. I’d LOVE more of that!

Oh… and a special thank you to my brother, Marty, who for some reason believed that I should–and could–do this.

Thank You!!!