“I’m Limited …”
These words have played and replayed in my head throughout the month of December, not because of the release of the movie WICKED, but because I can’t stop thinking about you. Readers. Thinkers.
(Thank you, Kendra, for this sign you gave me years ago.)
Those of you who have so faithfully followed this blog, I have you in my heart. At the same time, I’m admitting my own limitations.
“I’m limited
Just look at me
I’m limited, and just look at you
You can do all I couldn’t do …
So now it’s up to you
For both [all] of us
Now it’s up to you.”
December 2025
December is my birthday month. This birthday was a big one. Two big trips to celebrate soon after Thanksgiving and before Christmas, I joined the throng of air travelers to reach my destinations.
Nothing like the bustle of holiday crowds to put a single person in his or her place.
perspective––the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance
I felt very small.
A Nagging Question
What in the world am I doing with my one precious life? as Mary Oliver so eloquently asked.
Same time last year, I considered giving up my website. Is it time to quit?
First page in last year’s Mary Engelbreit calendar.
I have been blogging since 2009, first on Blogspot and then on my own website since 2015. In 2024, I switched website providers and lost all of my previously written content. “WAAH! Call the waahm-bulance.”[1]
When someone referred to my blog as “a hobby,” their words kinda, sorta hurt my heart. I protested.
They countered with, “I take my hobbies seriously.”
Okay then. So do I.
Writing a blog for all these years has been its own trip. An adventure in learning, seeing beyond the screen, the world is accessible to me. For me, writing a blog has provided personal development and orientation.
The World Wide Web has opened doors and windows that only a few decades ago were inconceivable.
Here, I wanted to learn and share something beautiful or useful or beneficial.
Remain apolitical despite my own opinions and convictions.
Culturally relevant? I gave up on that.
Biblically sound. I hope never to give up on that.
Relative Importance Reminder
“The capacity to view things in their true relations and relative importance” keeps changing, (Again, I’m quoting the dictionary definition of perspective).
Hobby or not, I’m not giving up, but I am letting up on the gas.
“I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you …”
You, dear Readers, have helped me to grow.
I will post less often, hopeful the words reach out and touch someone on the other end.
But I am slowing down, mindful of other promises to keep. “And miles to go before I sleep.”
Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12
You can always reach me directly through email or snail mail at the physical address listed below.
Happy New Year 2026! You are loved!
[1] Bruce Willis’s character in Disney’s The Kid, 2000.