The New Normal
Up to this point, I have failed miserably at keeping up with this blog. I could throw out some shade and recount all the reasons why I haven't written, but in all reality, it doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm here, posting now. About the new normal... Recently, I was asked to briefly describe the first 6 years of my life. I simply said happy. My mom didn't work, we spent most of our time with my mom's parents. My dad worked all the time, but was always around for important things. We vacationed, had family dinners with my aunt and uncle, BBQ's in my grandpa's garden-style backyard. By all accounts, my childhood was the epitome of "normal." Merriam-Webster dictionary defines NORMAL as: usual or ordinary : not strange. Yes, life was usual and ordinary. At least for me. At least based on made-for-TV-movies... Then, it occurred to me, that might have been "normal" for our family, but it wasn't really "normal" by