It has been well over two month since my last post, and a lot has happened in my life and the world around us since then. With everything going on, I have been feeling completely uninspired to write. During this quarantine, I have even dismantled most of my writer’s platform in the fear of becoming even more overwhelmed than I already was. Other than this blog, I now have no other social media or online presence, and my books and short stories are no longer available for people to read.

This isn’t to say that I have just been in a corner somewhere wrapped in the fetal position with my hands over my ears. Instead, I have been pouring my heart and soul into my career as an educator both through the summer courses I have taught and my graduate school program. Ironically enough, my last graduate course focused a great deal on informal writing such as blogs, so while I wasn’t blogging, I was writing and researching about blogging.

Next week, my school will be starting the fall semester virtually at first and then transitioning to face-to-face after Memorial Day. While I am worried about the spread of COVID-19 within our school, even though we are going to great lengths to ensure everyone’s safety, there is a hopeful spark inside of me, knowing that I will soon return to teaching in the format that I am actually good at. With that spark, I have started to feel normal again, which perhaps means the return to my writing life and writer’s platform.

The past six months have been difficult for all of us (for many, far more difficult than it has been for me), so if the collapse of my writer’s platform and the absence of writing is the extent of my loss, I have come out of this mess unscathed. I can rebuild it, and it starts with my return to this blog. My hope is that I can keep up with weekly post about various topics, whether they be current events, education, writing, or other interests in my personal life.

If 2020 has taught me anything, though, it is that we have no idea what the future holds for us, so all we can do is take it one day at a time and do the best we can do with it.