So…… my status was updated yesterday on Facebook to “in a relationship” which means, AWESOME! Over the rainbow, taste the rainbow cheesy happiness. My Little Ponies having hair brushing tea parties under waterfalls. We’ve been together a lot longer than since yesterday but I took some time making it official I guess, after developments from my writing in recent weeks upset some really beloved members of the extended family and I was deciding what on earth to do after that. The whole process of families being torn apart from divorce is incredibly painful for everyone involved and nobody knows where they stand afterwards. My usual gusty spirits were just flattened for a while after it all went down. Though the whole time I have known I need to do what I need to do to move on, to heal completely. So I committed to writing about the whole process a long time ago as part of this… granted it was back when my website was getting 1-2 hits a day and it was more of a journal experiment that nobody cared about, but then I started gaining followers, and then after a few months I hit some serious roadblocks along the way of what I can or cant write because so many people are involved in this process.

I’ve been feeling like I’ve been walking on glass since the upsettedness, so I’m relieved now that it’s finally out there and official — it’s done. After everything he’s put on the line, his complete trust, opening his arms, heart and home to me in every way he knows how, I should have written these lines when it really was official. But at least its been pretty well known where my heart has stood ever since I first wrote about him.

Joseph, I am just so elated to be with you! I CAN’T WAIT to adventure the decades away together!! Today as I sit and heat the Colorado snow off my boots in front of the pellet stove I’m thinking seriously… howabout Hawaii…?