When I logged into WordPress to upload this photo, the last posts that occurred in real time were in October. October. There is real grief when I think about how I've avoided writing -- really writing -- for over a year. When I truly think about 2020, I see more good than bad in my own life, but properly documenting our home and the lives of my girls will be one of my biggest regrets during that time. There are so many real reasons for why I avoided this space. Many of them are pandemic and politically related -- I struggled to share on-line because I felt like everything I said was the wrong thing. I worried I would alienate the right people and attract the wrong ones. I worried that my words would be used as a weapon instead of an encouragement. I also incorrectly thought I'd have ...