I’m back. Possibly. The last couple years have been a whirlwind of change, and there was not going to be any keeping up with this blog. But I may have reached a place where I can start again. I’ve been thinking about it for a while.
So, I think I’m back, but I also suspect things around here are going to change – because I have changed. I have evolved as an individual, and Urban Earthworm is going to evolve with me.
Everyday sustainability is still very important to me, but I can’t give it as much focus as I used to, and I’m still not really sure what to do about that. I mean, I could keep this website nailed down to that focus and seek out other outlets for the other topics I want to share. But given how little time I have for recreational writing anyway, it seems like spreading things across forums is likely to reduce my chances of staying with it.
So maybe this will become sustainability plus. Maybe sustainability will become a side topic. But what would the main topic then be? Maybe I’ll go back to the scattered, uncategorized version of blogging I started out with back at Cheap Wine and Cookies. Maybe a quick overview of some of my recent life changes will help cast some parameters around future topics I’m likely to want to cover:
I last posted here in early 2016. In August of that year, I finally worked up the courage to divorce my abusive husband – a long and difficult process that ended up including a protective order. My beloved step-daughter who I had raised for 10 years went to live with her biological mother, and her mother and I ended up becoming friends. I changed jobs to become a legal aid attorney and started representing domestic violence (DV) survivors. I put my boys and myself in therapy to deal with the backlash from the divorce and the abuse. I dated. I had fun. I came out as bisexual and poly. I made new friends and strengthened connections with old friends. I started playing Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering and reading comic books.
I started taking master’s degree classes. My partner and I decided to nest, and we got engaged. I cut my hair short.
It’s been almost 3 years since that last post, and so much has changed. So much for the better. So much has evolved.
So what am I going to write about now? About being a survivor of domestic abuse? About being an attorney for individuals in poverty? Ethical Eating? My obsession with Buzzfeed quizzes?
Maybe.
I suppose we’ll see how it goes. I suppose we’ll see how this earthworm evolves.
If there’s anything you want to see covered or want more or less of, let me know!
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Still a Marine. Still a Lawyer. Now a Single Mom. Now a Survivor.