As of yesterday, I’ve been keeping this blog for three years. My first book has been published, the second is in copy edits, and I’m drafting the third. I also just started my seventh year of teaching and celebrated my ten-year-anniversary of meeting my husband. My first child is about to turn five, and I’m due to have my second child in December.

That’s a whole lot of long-term. A whole lot of permanence. It’s shocking to me. If you all only knew how many blogs I’ve abandoned, drafts I’ve left unfinished, places I’ve lived, jobs I’ve left. I’m not sure how the shift happened, but I’m glad it did. I like the path I’m on. My feet are under me.

Here’s to another good year.