Back Again

It's been so long and so much has happened, personally, professionally, emotionally, and in the world since I last posted here. Where do I start. As is always best...at the beginning.

Personally, I want to just be with me. Just me. I know it appears outwardly that is where I have always been. Not so. I have been me attached to someone or something or me reaching for someone or something. Now, there is no one but me and my relationship with God. It is not always easy. I have days when I say want to say, forget it. You know what to do. Get back in the game. But somehow I stop myself and hang out with me for just another day.

Melissa Etheridge's song "Heal Me" has a line that says it best. . .you know what, I just realized her song says all that I am trying to say here. This is an excerpt from that song, the part that describes where I am now:

Heal me lift me
Take me to the waterside
Drop me in let me swim
Let everyone know
I'll be coming home again

Make no mistake
I'm wide-awake
Ain't it crazy

Heal me lift me
Take me to the other side
I'll take what I've earned
These lessons I've learned
I'm ready for the ride
Heal me lift me
Take me and my soul will fly
My battered heart will make a new start
Let everyone know
I'll be coming home again
Heal me lift me
Take me to the waterside
Drop me in
Come on and watch me swim
Let everyone know
I'll be coming home again
---Melissa Etheridge