I am participating in Five Minute Friday for the first time today. It seemed like a good way of getting some inspiration to write on this blog. So, here goes! The prompt is
Join...I have been struggling with something over the past three or four years. It has something to do with having my daughter and all of her health problems. It has something to do with moving to Northern California for a job after spending a decade in Southern California. It has something to do with the strange schedule I am forced to keep with my job. But, it has a lot to do with me. What is this something? A lack of friends - a lack of community. I have done many things that I you are supposed to - joined a mother's club, playgroup, frequented the library story time, etc. But, it just hasn't worked out that I have really "joined" a group or made close friends. And it has been hard. Really hard.
So, I've made a commitment. I have told myself I'm really going to work at building relationships at work, in my mother's club, etc. this semester. I need that community. I have a great community online, but I don't have such a strong one in person. I need to find a group to "join" and make the effort to build that group into a community I am part of. The workshop I did during the summer gave me a start. That group is meeting on a regular basis now.
STOP...
Wow, that went by really fast. Kind of fun...
