Three years ago I started this blog. Yeah, don’t go looking in the archives for that first year. It isn’t there. It was removed a while back for many reasons, mostly because those posts didn’t make sense in my life anymore. I said what I had to say, and it helped…or something like that.
When I began this blog those three long years ago, I was very confused and very unhappy. I had set out on a path, but I was unsure of the destination. Only one thing was clear, my marriage was on the brink. My life was falling apart, and I needed to find a way to put the pieces back together. That was the birth of this blog. Of course, I focused on my burgeoning sexuality. As I have said many times, those experiences were just band-aids on flesh wounds. They only masked the bigger problems, but I was still too afraid to confront the real issues at hand. I didn’t have the courage to move forward in my marriage or just plain end it. At least, not yet.
Then, I met him. I didn’t want to love him. I pushed him away. I didn’t want it to be real emotions. My attempts to not feel anything for him were complete and utter failures. The pieces changed shape. It became about putting together this love affair. I learned a lot about myself during this time. My journey led me to a safe place to explore what I truly wanted in a relationship. It also led me heal myself and the wounds caused by my marriage. It gave me the courage to find a way to end my marriage once and for all. Now, I say this, and I must add a caveat. It isn’t the relationship with him that showed me that my marriage was bad. It wasn’t the relationship that healed me. I did that. I healed myself. I found the courage inside of myself. But, I did it all with his love and support. I felt nurtured and loved. Regardless of my decision to stay or leave, my love would have respected it because it would have been my decision.
Now, I sit here wondering what to do at this point as I approach my fourth year. I thought about ending the blog. Its purpose seemed fulfilled. I have seen many sex blogs come and go. Few make it this long that is for sure.
I thought about changing the title because it no longer seems to fit. I am now whole. Complete. The pieces have been found and have been put back together. All of the extra pieces have a home too.
But, I won’t do either. I won’t end this, and I won’t change it. It is what it is—a testament to my growth as a person and a beautiful love story. The pieces are just different. It is more about starting over, about rebuilding, and of course, a whole lot of hot, explicit sex.