Ahoy ahoy

Whew.

This last year has been so...crazy.  Amazingly wonderful, as my husband and I welcomed our son into the world.  Immensely sad, as my father passed away unexpectedly.  Incredibly stressful, as my full-time job got even worse on the stress and demands front.

As I have done before, during periods of stress I withdraw into my spiralling snail shell, compact and compress, and wait.  I'm starting to emerge slowly, realizing that after a while, one can suffocate in one's shell.