A Twinge of Hope
Once upon a Time, I had a little blog. I called it “A Day on the Plains” because it chronicled my daily life and I live on the plains. But then a lot happened and I felt it was time to give my little home on the Internet a big makeover… So big that I renamed it and moved it into the shadows. I was afraid of people reading what I wrote, and judging me, condemning me, what have you, so I tried to make myself invisible. I removed all of my followers and basically set everything to private in hopes that no one would see. I didn’t want to get rid of it because of the memories it holds, but I also didn’t want people to see some of those memories. Eventually, I stopped writing because of my fear. I let go of something that I enjoyed tremendously because of this fear. However, in the past couple of years, I have been working on overcoming my fears, becoming who I authentically am, and learning to enjoy the things that I previously enjoyed, but this time without the fear. I think tha...