Well hello there, 2026.

I think that, without going back pages and pages, 2025 is the first year I missed writing any blog post at all the whole time MTM has existed.

Mid-to-late-2024 through mid-2025 was a hard year. 

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I started typing those words well over a month ago...and yet! I'm only just now coming back to post.

Tomorrow, Lent starts. I'm going to step away from social media for 40 days. If I'm being honest, I've felt the pull to step away for months. This seems like the perfect time.

During those 40 days, and hopefully for a long time after, you'll be able to find me here. Yes, still. I want to spend this time remembering what I love about sharing my life online. I want to take it slow and reintroduce myself. There's so much I want to write about and share.

Trust me, I know the act of giving up something for Lent isn't about me. I feel like this distance from the apps I spend all my time on will be beneficial in my walk with the Lord. I believe it will bring focus and clarity. I think I'll learn more about Him and even more about myself.

If you're here, and I hope that you are, I'm happy about it. I have some deep dives I want to go on. I also want to share about books I'm reading and love or the great movie I just saw. I just want this to be my online journal again.

I'm looking forward to all that is to come.