First I want to start by thanking all of you who take the time to read this blog and especially comment. Whether you began following from the beginning or more recently, I appreciate all of you. I started writing for myself, as a way to manage my grief but started sharing thinking it may help others not feel so alone, and help myself to not feel so alone. I have gotten so many comments from others thanking me for sharing and saying they are glad to know they are not the only ones feeling the way they do. I have also gotten so many comments showing support which means so much to me.
There’s a lot in my life I haven’t blogged about as it’s not just my story to share. This last year has been a paradox, probably the happiest I’ve had since Ariella died but also fraught with upheaval, anxiety, and uncertainty. I am in a pretty good place right now but have felt the need to at least for a little while, password protect my blog. If you would like to continue following and be able to read it, please email me at stein28@myyahoo.com and I can share the password. I will activate the password in the next day or so and recent posts will be set to private until I password protect the site.
Thank you all for sticking with me, for reading my story, for allowing me a place to talk about Ariella and beyond, for sharing, for advocating, for being a support, for sharing your own stories, for being there.