Waiting on a Word

Hey WOAW readers—my friends, family, and followers!

I’m not sure what is going on here over in WordPress land, it’s been so long. Remember me? I used to write things! Since then, over and over, I’ve tried to write something, anything, and failed. Recently, I tried to start a novel with an idea I’ve been bouncing around for years, but I couldn’t do it. Sadness ensued. The more I tried and failed, the sadder I became. But then, I remembered WOAW and this space.

I don’t know who is still here! Is anyone still here? It took me about an hour to sign on. I’d forgotten passwords, emails, basically everything about how to be on WordPress. I had to reset things and email verify and add two step authentications and change templates and all that fun techy stuff. But I made it…

Whew! Hi! I’m not even sure if I’m drafting this post correctly and if it will make it onto the blog or be rejected by the WordPress Powers-That-Be. I do love the clicky sound of my keyboard under my fingertips though.

During this rediscovery of WOAW, I spend a few hours looking over my prior posts. ALL THE WAY BACK to 2013! THAT’S TWELVE YEARS AGO, PEOPLE. How did that happen?

My boys were so little. So stinking cute. Thank God for this blog and the memories it holds! I loved reading my posts about their antics, their cuteness, their challenges. I love that I documented so much adorableness, because I’d forgotten all of it. I’m so grateful that it’s been here all along, for twelve years, like a time capsule.

My boys are now almost 22 and 20 years old. My little M., who I blogged about saying a line in a school play, and my J.C., who I blogged about his picky eating and his “feasts” (bread and cheese still remain faves of his), are BIG now! J.C. is in the freaking ARMY! I’m very proud of him and the man he is turning into. He’s strong, smart, and funny. Handsome as heck. “Little” M. is now almost six feet tall and in his last year in the school system and is doing great. He remains an angel and fills my heart on a daily basis. Kiri the dog is 12 and an old lady princess who lives her life on her own terms. I’m still happily married to Joe–in August we celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary. I think he’ll get an email notification of this post (hey there!).

It looks like I stopped attempting to blog in 2019, which makes perfect sense to me given my life circumstances. I’m sure I’ll have a lot to blog about regarding the last six years, if I am able to keep this up, but for now I’ll reveal these facts: We all, every one of us, had the COVID craziness in 2020 to 2021. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at almost exactly the time I last posted a singular random post in late March of 2022 (how odd that such a random post in March 2022 coincided with one of the most major events of my life… like maybe I wanted to try again writing again after COVID, but the universe had this other, awful plan for me). So 2022 to 2023 was basically all about cancer treatment. I started coming back to life in 2024. After years of not writing, now, in October of 2025, I’m getting antsy and itchy for it. For some kind of creative outlet.

And here I am.

Mostly, I look back at the posts on WOAW and I’m awed. Awed that I had so much energy. So much motivation. I was witty and charming twelve years ago! I had ideas and told stories and did a pretty good job of it. You were here, reading my posts. I. Wrote. Books. Sometimes I think of that fact alone and can’t believe it was me, the same person, who did that. I was so driven.

Fair warning, I’m not like that anymore. Not at all. My brain is rewired and different now. But I can try to be somewhat entertaining and possibly insightful while giving these typing fingers a workout, and hoping that my brain still works, even on low-power mode. Just being here writing this re-introduction is sparking something within. We’ll see if I can stick with it for a while. Feel free to read along, or don’t. I don’t take anything personally anymore. Drop off if you’d like or hang out for a while. If you’re here, leave a comment and say hi (if that’s easy to do without yourself having to figure out the logistics of WordPress!).

Nowadays, I have nothing to promote. Nothing driving me to this site, except my own seemingly innate need to create some words. I make no promises about whether this feeling will last or how often I’ll blog. I will not be as organized as I was in the heyday of WOAW, and probably won’t revise and edit posts as much as I should (please excuse any grammatical errors and typos). What I can tell you with certainty is that I have a lot to talk about. Life goes on, and as long as life goes on, crazy things happen, and crazy things make for good blog posts, right?

Now I’m going to go spend an hour to try and remember how to attach an image ha ha. Thank you for reading this and I hope to be back in this space again soon!