Um, is this thing on?

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I confess, Mrs. Doubtfire is one of my all-time favorite movies, and this is one of my all-time favorite parts. If you could see how often this part pops into my head, well, you'd see it's there a lot. 

Anyways. 

It's been over a year, my friends. 

A YEAR. 

That seems hideous coming from the same person who once blogged (almost) every day for a whole year. Atrocious, even. But here we are. Back again. Older and (maybe) wiser. The beginning of a new decade is upon me, and new adventures await. 

Truth: I still like coming back to read through the old bloggy blog now and then. It helps me remember life's twists and turns that have brought me to Here and Now. It's full of little things I'd long forgotten. Sure, some of the things I'd love to go back and smack some sense into myself for, but they still helped shape me. Other things I completely forgot about until I read them again. I captured a lot of memories here and am so grateful for that. 

Truth: I feel like in letting myself get away from blogging that I've lost some of those moments forever that would bring me joy and thanksgiving to come back and read about down the road. That makes me really sad. Sure, some things I write about in my actual journal, but not always. I approach a journal differently than my blog in that I'm more of a chronicler in my blog (read: less of an emotional mess person). 

Truth: There are many things that are happening that I don't want to miss later. I want to savor the magic that's happening Here and Now. Maybe some people want to enjoy that magic with me and follow along on my blog. Great! May nobody wants to read it. That's cool too! But I don't want to stop recording these things completely. 

So here I am. 

I can't promise I'll stick with this. I can't promise I'll even stay blogging here instead of moving somewhere else to blog. But I can promise to make more of an effort. 

My twenties are done and over with. My thirties are here, and I hear they'll stick around for a bit. I'm only five days in, but it feels good here. I think we'll get along, the thirties and me. Why not capture some of the awesomeness so that way later I can marvel over this decade as I welcome the next one? Sounds like a plan to me. 

So here we go. Let's see where this journey leads.