Reconnecting
Apr. 14th, 2026 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coffee_and_cookiesPeople are wary of relationships online. And I get that. I really do. I don't let my kids participate in chat in online games or anything along those lines because I know there are creepers out there. At the same time, though, I've met some truly amazing people thanks to the internet. Some 20 years ago now I was really active on a big crochet forum. I made friends I'll remember for the rest of my life, even if we've lost touch. I asked my husband to reach out to one of them on Facebook this morning, since I'm not on there anymore, and was so happy to get an email from her today. I was sad to hear that times are pretty rough for her right now, though. Vicki, if you ever see this, you're in my thoughts and prayers. I still have and cherish the afghan you made me all those years ago. When I was moving into a new place, my dad tried to convince me to leave it behind because he liked it so much, lol. That did not happen.
All the blog scrolling kind of got me to thinking. When I was on that forum and on Blogger, I was in one of the happiest stages of my life. I moved out of a house that was very difficult to live in, to a state I had loved since I was a just a kid. I had more autonomy, I was making my own money, choosing what to study in school. And I had passion. So much passion for crochet, for writing, for music, for animals. Somewhere along the way, I lost that. It's time to get it back. I'm not sure how. Maybe I'll start doing some charity crafting again. I always got a lot of fulfillment out of that. Will it work? Maybe. If not, I guess I'll come up with a different plan. I'm older now, but young enough that I quite possibly still have a lot of time left ahead of me. I can either sit and wallow in missing the way things used to be, as I have for too long, or I can try to make these "the good old days." I know which one will leave me with fewer regrets when this life is done. I think it's time to break out the old bucket list and try to check a few things off.
All the blog scrolling kind of got me to thinking. When I was on that forum and on Blogger, I was in one of the happiest stages of my life. I moved out of a house that was very difficult to live in, to a state I had loved since I was a just a kid. I had more autonomy, I was making my own money, choosing what to study in school. And I had passion. So much passion for crochet, for writing, for music, for animals. Somewhere along the way, I lost that. It's time to get it back. I'm not sure how. Maybe I'll start doing some charity crafting again. I always got a lot of fulfillment out of that. Will it work? Maybe. If not, I guess I'll come up with a different plan. I'm older now, but young enough that I quite possibly still have a lot of time left ahead of me. I can either sit and wallow in missing the way things used to be, as I have for too long, or I can try to make these "the good old days." I know which one will leave me with fewer regrets when this life is done. I think it's time to break out the old bucket list and try to check a few things off.
