It has been a while since my last post, which is not a reflection of not having anything to say. I have, in fact, had a significant amount of things to say but lacked the time to organize my thoughts and type them out.
My last post was about “Celebrate Life Day,” and I received the most wonderful gift that day. My little baby cousin returned home from his year tour in Iraq in one piece. Furthermore, his unit was the first since the war started that did not have any causalities. We gathered the family to celebrate his return a few weeks later and my aunts decked out my parents’ porch with USA-related decor. We got the call Joel was close and the family ran out to line the streets holding flags and signs. As he drove up, we clapped and cheered. We ate tacos and cake and heard war stories. We had a pinata for “all birthdays” and watched videos of various family members giving speeches and acting in school plays. Some went for a family walk while others stayed behind to rest and pull out more food for dinner. We ate again and slowly people began to leave, making sure everyone was appropriately hugged goodbye first.
Also since we last spoke, we Orthodox Christians celebrated Holy Week and Pascha. It is my most favorite time of year, and this year was more beautiful than the previous years. The anniversary of my grandmother’s death fell on Holy Friday, which added untold significance to the services that day.
This is turning into a post about everything I have done in the last two months. I can pretty much sum it up with work, church and family. It’s been a stressful time, but good for the soul.
It is funny to me that I now have to blog for my job, expect specifically on matters effecting the world of business-to-business marketing. You can tell what a great blogger I am in my personal life by the insane frequency of my posts. I am just a little worried. Do I have anything to say about business-to-business marketing? I guess we shall see.