long absence from blogging

I'm back! I finally conquered my issues with passwords and computer problems, and I've been getting caught up on my grad school work from fall semester. New posts will be coming with belated assignments and journal entries. I'm sorry for this taking so long and for the "incomplete" for fall semester...lots of stuff has happened, both personally and job-wise, but things are much better now and I'm able to deal with things in a more healthy way. Thanks to those of you who have been concerned and who've included me in your prayers...it's greatly appreciated.