Pivot Point and the Press Release

So many things have transpired since my last post, it's hard to reflect. However, I can say that the past two weekends have proved to be such experiential doozies, that it is almost all I can do to say hello here in the blogosphere. I will tell you that some of the events included the passing of a beloved guru of ours, ER surgery for Clara, and of all things, a Bar Mitzvah.

All I can say is that I feel that these past weeks serve as a pivot point for the next step-- not going back, not going forward exactly, but definitely traveling in a new direction.

Stay tuned.

Having dinner a few weeks ago with friends, one of them was describing his sister's baby blog. He was annoyed at the "press release" quality that he perceived--"Here's Madison going apple-picking!" "Here we are in our breeding glory on the beach!" As if these events had an inflated public importance. Well, I hope this blog is not that.

I write because it is my creaturely habit to do so. I know I say that all the time. Some people document in photos (with stunning dig SLR's that I lust). Some people do it by discussing big questions forum-style. I blog to get it all down. I blog to process some of our family-experiences. To bring insight, to bring hindsight. To use Geoff's distinction-- I am writing to be descriptive and not prescriptive. I am just describing my point of view. I am not prescribing or preaching or assigning or even recommending (like so many fashion blogs I love). I assume that the reader is interested in keeping up with our adventures. I assume the reader to be standing at the computer giving a solemn black-power salute in solidarity with us. I assume the reader to be cheering us on, like the great cloud of witnesses. And at the very least, I assume that the reader is reading because they want to.