I decided to reopen this blog. I had closed it for some time, to lock away the skeletons in my closet. This blog first began in 2011, right before I turned 21. It describes my interactions with love, marriage, religion, politics, depression and anxiety.
As I read back through, I am wowed to how far I have come and how much I have changed. I was such a different person only 6 years ago. What are the next 6 going to be like?
The purpose of reopening my blog is to begin personal writing again. Should you decide to follow, you will get random poems, heartfelt and honest rambles, and a hopefully something interesting to chew on, metaphorically speaking. This is a place that I like to be vulnerable, perhaps too much. But I believe that the world is in need of a little more rawness. I believe that our experiences are not all that different. We probably all want similar things, just raised in vastly different ways with values on how to achieve success and happiness. I believe if we all could be a little more raw with each other, we would see that we are all human, and maybe treat each other a little better.
A quick update for my own sake. I am completing my first year in a double masters program: social work and public administration. I worked for a year as an experiential scholar with the Initiative for Transformative Social Work within the College of Social Work at the University of Utah with the purpose of increasing inclusion. I work part time as a tech support agent for HireVue while selling my life force (donating plasma) and occasionally working Lyft. I adore my CherryPit, whom I bought a home for with a backyard to she can roam while I am working long days. I have officially left the country and vacationed in Mexico. I am planning a trip to Europe in August.
That's enough writing for now. I will have lots to say, soon.
Much love, forever and always <3xo
Sarah Ruth
