It feels right for me to write

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

-William Shakespeare

(Warning: I've been really into quotes lately!)

There are many reason why I'm back, just as there are many reason why I stopped. I'm not going to attempt to explain all of them. But I will say this...

I write from my experiences and I write from my heart. I know I am not an expert. I write what I know and as I learn it. I say what I believe, even if it turns out what I have said is wrong. I truly feel that anybody who thinks less of me for writing what I think is reading for the wrong reasons.... and will find fault no matter what I do or say.

People blog for many different reasons, but the only frauds are people who try to misrepresent. I may 'put out there' things that are personal, even incriminating. But I can't pretend my life is something it's not. There are good days, and there are bad days. I can be terribly cynical, and I can be ready to conquer the world. (and sometimes within hours of each other) I'm not going to deny my failures or my shortcomings. After all... if it wasn't for them, I would never grow.

We all get things wrong. I make a lot of mistakes, probably more than most... and I make them daily. Yes, I write with confidence but that is because I write what's inside of me, or I write them as they are happening.

Of course there will always be people who attack me. That is their problem, not mine. My skin has hardened, and the sting has lessened. I think that as I write, it helps me release emotions, and I guess grow my own protection. I learned a lot about myself, and about some people around me.

As Sherian or Mrs. Smith... I can say that I don’t fear what other people will say or think, I will try to write honestly and courteously and I'll keep at it. There... there it is.