I feel like, for the last 6 months, I have been hiding under a rock.  I have said this before, but now I am done being vague about it and ready to be direct.

I haven’t been “myself”. Well, the  “myself” that many people know in person.

I haven’t been that person.

Here.

And that person, while she still has a lot of growing to do, and isn’t perfect, or even close to it, and can sometimes be a pain in the ass to be around . . . well, that person has really good intentions.

She also loves to help. She loves to create and build. She especially loves to help, and  create and build community.

And that is one thing that has been kind of missing since our move – community.

Saltspring is a bit of a paradox in this way.  It is an amazing community, and there is “so much” going on, but the community is isolated and in pockets.  The soccer people don’t know about the pony club people and the pony club people don’t get involved with the library.

And so, a great man once said “if you build it they will come”

So I did.  I built it, or more accurately, I am building it.  And my hope is that by not only offering this little tidbit to the community, I will also be able to come out of my shell. It isn’t “fully” ready to be shared yet, I am still filling it full of good bits of info, but I did promise.

Because I am only ever my true self when I am able to give back and help  . . . and now I feel like I have something, something of value, to offer to this community that is my new home.

So, yes.

I am ready. I am back.