Writing about personal, private issues in a public space is certainly challenging. Having been online for over a decade now, I don’t hide behind anonymity and, for the most part, I don’t create fake names or use initials for people I mention. I check with them first, but I tend to just talk about people I know.

This form of open discussion causes problems sometimes. Even when I abstract my thoughts and avoid details, people know what and who I’m talking about. Sometimes I’ll say something and completely forget that the people involved can actually read it. Sometimes I think that’s when I really make this work.

Other times I find myself wanting to censor my thoughts to avoid saying something confusing or ambiguous that might be misinterpreted. People like to assume and read between the lines, but there’s a lot between the lines here. Somewhere betwixt the words I write are volumes of undisclosed information. You don’t know it all. Even I don’t know it all.

Somewhere in here is me, but you’re not going to find it by reading these words. Only I truly find myself here.