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What do you write about after a blogging hiatus? Do you convey your apologies on your first post from the blogging black hole? Do you relate to your friends and readers what pressing issues took your focus away from the virtual world? Or do you ignore that you’ve been gone for almost a month and come out posts blazing with a must read purposeful article?

How about all three!

The Apology

First, in true novice blogger style, I’d like to convey my apologies for leaving you hanging. Yes, I am that naive and a bit self-indulgent. Not that I think you were hanging on my every word, but I do apologize for leaving without much explanation.

The Reason

That brings me to the reason for my absence. Let’s see, I’m sitting on my new couch, typing on my new laptop, all from the comfort of my new home. I’ll cut to the chase and let the world know that my husband and I are now separated, on the verge of divorce. It was tough not saying anything as I made this transition, but I didn’t want to wallow or air my personal laundry in public. It’s been a good split that’s been brewing for quite some time. I just needed to use my time, energy, and spiritual reserves to get my life in order. I did not feel as though I was much value to you.

The Purpose

Lessons, it turns out, come wrapped in the oddest packages. I’ve written about a few of them as I went through this process, but in solitude you are naked with yourself. The ugliness that you cover with busy-ness, food, work, surfing, and socializing catches up with you. The clean up is inevitable, but cathartic. You discover depths to the well, and you have more to give. I think everyone should take an annual blog hiatus just so they can discover why they started this journey in the first place.

For me, it was because I wanted to start living authentically and on purpose. I wanted to share with the world spiritual insights that we can apply to our lives. I wanted to help people come to know the God of their being and understanding.

In Spirit,
Nneka