Well, it has been a while since my blog was hacked and I lost a lot of precious material. I have written a lot online, so not backing up is my fault. However, I wonder if the jackass that hacked me will ever know how disappointing it is to lose some of the stories of my life like that.
Since we last talked - I’ve been battling diabetes which I have to say - is a tough road. I’m incredibly disciplined when it comes to eating but I’ve been so busy that the exercise portion of the program is in fits and starts. I have ups and downs - periods of success and some failures. I’m still stunned that this has happened to me and pray that one day - I won’t have to deal with it anymore.
My relationship with my wife has never been better. In fact, it was never bad. It has been a glorious and loving run of many years now. We are trying to have a child. I hope that it happens, but realize the miracle that it can be. So, fingers crossed.
My work is boring but I’ve had some successes. I’m hopeful that things pick up there and that I can get back to creating things as I have in the past. In the end, I have to remember that writing is freedom.
So, that is an update - the stories and essays will start again. I look out on the landscape of America and it feels like a different place from the one that I used to write about. I think that the true colors of our neighbors have revealed themselves. I’m hopeful but angry.
Glad to be back. Talk to you more regularly. Check in and see.
