Now that I've finally sat down to write this final "summary view" blog post, I'm trying to put it off. I think that's because after this, there is none of the past to retell and hide behind. The posts that come after this will usually be the raw reflections of a moment, or maybe a couple weeks later. And the very next entry that is in the publication queue is a piece I wrote almost exactly a year ago--among the earliest to be written, but the last of these looking-back pieces to be published.
All that to say, it's with mixed emotions that I begin this piece tonight.
September 2020 kept me plenty busy! First I transitioned to working full-time for Christar, then I succumbed to COVID-19. Praise God for full-time Paid Time Off, I definitely used some significant chunks of it during the time I had to quarantine! But praise God also, even with living alone (my housemate went to stay elsewhere while I was sick) and barely seeing anyone, my mental health didn't suffer.
Of note is the fact that I also started this blog in September 2020 (before getting sick)! I only wrote two posts in 2020 and it would be a full year before I shared the link publicly, but this blog began taking shape then.
Also, something I forgot to mention in my previous entry, is that it was during this time period that I began meeting with Ellen, the Biblical counselor who I have been seeing regularly for almost a year and a half now! We've talked of many things in that time, at first predominantly me processing everything that I've shared in this blog. I value Ellen's input and cherish her sweet & tender heart, yet also her direct and Biblical advice.
October and November found me busy with Christar work - particularly with our very first Giving Catalog!!! Our whole team poured a lot of work into creating something from scratch that first year!
Even as I settled in to working full time, I realized that I would have to uproot and move in the next six months, as my then-housemate would be getting married and she and her husband would be staying in the duplex that she and I had been sharing for six months.
November and December also brought wonderful family time, with Nathan being able to visit for both Thanksgiving and Christmas!
I can't think of any other major life updates from that time! So I'll just leave this year with this song. I think it was actually released this past fall, but I still feel like it fits here:
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