Back to the (Blogging) Basics

It has been so long since I have maintained a blog or written anything other than emails. I have had this site for over a year and kept promising myself that I would start writing again. Life has a way of bringing you back to who you are, and for me that is being a writer.

Writing has always been an escape. It gives me the freedom to express myself and share my creativity with others. I began blogging back in 2010 and would write about all the places I would visit. My site was my creative outlet and led me to meet so many incredible people. Sadly, I stopped nourishing my creative soul and missed out on what could have been. A lot of that has to do with alcohol……but I will get into that later.

They say there is no better time to start than now, and I am here for it. Since my last blog post about 8 years ago, a lot has gone on in my life. I will be touching on these events as I feel the need, but for now I just want to jump back in and feed my soul.

As summer is right around the corner, I find myself in an unknown place in life. I turned 49 a few months ago and had so many plans for how I would spend the last year of my 40’s. Little did I know, God had other plans for me,  and I was diagnosed with breast cancer a month before my 49th birthday. I was in complete shock. I never thought I would be in this situation. But here I am.

Life has been a rollercoaster since my diagnosis, and my emotions have been at an all-time high. At first, I was fearful, then I was angry at myself. While I have been alcohol free for 647 days (21 months), (and yes, I track it because I am incredibly proud), there is a part of me who feels my unhealthy relationship with alcohol is the reason I have breast cancer.

As I type this, I am preparing to begin chemotherapy treatments in the upcoming days, and I am incredibly fearful. I will begin to share a bit of my journey each day, as writing is truly my therapy.

I hope you will follow along as I share bits and pieces of my life as it is now.

Xoxo,

Tracy