Stepping into Year 30
After a long hiatus and some major life changes (and challenges), it's back to blogging in 2018 with a fresh perspective as I wrap up my third decade of life. The last few months of 2017 were some of the most difficult and bittersweetly joyful months of my life thus far, with so many emotions mixed together, and often on a daily basis. My sweet dad passed away very suddenly in October. The reality of my dad being gone from this realm, and all too early, will weigh on me and my family for the rest of our lives. It's nearly impossible to even write any of this without crying, and I'm not in a place where I'm ready to write in detail about the experience in this format. Suffice it to say that we all miss him at every moment and would trade the world in an instant for another day together. I'm thankful to have always had a very close-knit family, and one where our love and support for each other is abundantly evident and constantly demonstrated in ways big and s