The Annual Update

It's that time of year when I get extremely honest. Most of the time I like for this blog to be an escape, a sylvan haven, a place to dream. But, in this world of constant comparison with others leading to most of us feeling like we are living "less than" everyone else and never measuring up, I think it's important to peek behind the curtain now and then and reveal that we're all just people. We all have flaws, and troubles, nothing is perfect, and we are all broken and lost. That sounds rather bleak, I suppose, and that may not be you, maybe not at this moment, but in the past and again in the future, we all face "the worst." I have faced mine. I thought I...