This is a new blog. I’ve had blogs before, some anonymous and others with my name visible. This blog is about grit, honesty (the brutal kind), and what happens when we tell the truth. It’s this truth part that keeps me up at night.

I’ve got quite a bit of anger in me. I’m physically not well. I’m stressed to the limit and have been for far too long. My husband and I have had a string of seriously bad luck events happen in the past ten years. It’s officially a bit too much. Adding more, there’s no sign of this bad luck phase letting up anytime soon.

So, I write. I complain, I cry, I vent, I call people bad names. My personal writing, journaling and what I write down just to get out is not for public consumption. Part of writing a blog is including bits of my life, honestly. No making shit up, no pretending I’m fine, no sugar-coating. The question is, how do I get you to read this? Somethings I write will piss you off. I know that. I want to put that out there. I want you to see it, read it, have feelings about it.

Life right now is full of daily blasts of pretty bad news. In the US, we have an election coming up that has everyone on edge. I don’t know how to keep my voice honest and NOT piss some people off.

I’m going to write. I’m puzzled by the question—more because I have no idea how people find this blog, who’s reading it, and what new social norms are out there that I don’t know of.

Thinking out loud. I seem to do a lot of that these days.