I am tired of wincing every time I look at "The Blog" tab on my Internet search window, a prickly feeling of guilt causing me to quickly skip to my next task. I feel guilty because dozens of people have loved Ben and I, supported us and invested in our lives for two years through this forum, and abruptly in the last month we have disappeared like ghosts (or first-year law students).
My plan was to have a flashy farewell post several weeks ago in which I explained how Ben and my feelings toward copy & cutline have changed in this season of life. While living overseas we wanted to use the blog in order to process the experience and stay in touch with a wide range of people. Now, though, we want to spend the extra hour a week we are not blogging to make a phone call, take a walk, text siblings or bake cookies; whatever it is that people do when they live close to family members and old friends.
But Ben talked me down from my termination plan, and I feel like the alternative has not been inspiring--us leaving the blog to lose its readership and fade ingloriously. Plus, there are a lot of things about blogging that I miss. I miss expressing myself and in turn receiving positive feedback from readers. It's a nice feeling. It is also one less thing that Ben and I have in common, and with school just beginning for me it feels like we don't have enough of those.
If you can handle the uncertainty, check in with us every few weeks. We are both into interesting new fields, and who knows what the future holds. Of course you can always just call us, e-mail us or come bake cookies. We'll be here for four years!
-a
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