Changes

I began this blog a year ago.

March 21 to be exact.

Much has happened in that year.

Good and bad.

My mother died.

My daughter’s cat got sick and died unexpectedly.

My oldest daughter got married.

I became the primary caregiver for my father and grandmother.

My father moved into an adult home.

I relocated my grandmother to an adult home near me.

My father has been hospitalized twice.

My dreams of the diaconate crashed.

I finally got to play Santa.

I got some haiku published.

One of my plays got performed.

And I even got nominated for an award for “From the back pew.”

Still, my blog has not grown as I’d hoped.

With everything going on, I haven’t had time to do it justice.

I found myself beating some of the same topics.

At the same time, I haven’t picked up the number of readers I’d hoped. (I’m grateful for the faithful few. You have been so kind, especially when I faced some troubled times. Thank you.)

That tells me that perhaps what I’ve written does not have broad enough appeal.

Or maybe I just don’t know how to promote.

Anyway, I felt it was time for a change.

My first thought was just to kill the blog.

But then I thought I’m just revamp it a little.

So I start with the title.

When I began the blog, I was a back pew guy.

Now I sing in the choir.

The view is nicer.

Faces.

And I’m participating rather than just watching.

Maybe my point of view has changed a little, too.

Older.

Wiser.

More weathered.

Whatever.

There may be more changes in the works.

Keep reading.

I’ll keep singing.