Hello Blog,
It has been almost ten years since I posted my last blog post. A lot has happened since that day that I wrote about keeping promises. A lot. But there is only one thing on my mind this evening. My mom died.
Many years ago, she encouraged me to begin this blog. She loved to write. I love to write. We thought it would be fun. And it was, for a time. Not that I ever tired of writing, but I felt I had little to say on a blog. She continued on well after I stopped blogging. Today, I post in honor of her. I have no point. No purpose. No message. Nothing. But, I will write, and I will post because I trust that it will be a way to heal. A way to process the things I have walked through, the things I will walk through. I know that writing helps.
This evening, I am charging her cell phone so that I can log into her Facebook. It has been more than seven years since she posted on Facebook. I have left it alone. It is hers. But today, I feel responsible. I feel I owe her the courtesy of memorializing her social media. So, I begin the process of closing her life, if you will. It breaks my heart. So, as I do this, I am challenged to not allow a permanent end to writing, in honor of her.
I am still here. And I am writing my letter.
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