This is the part where I stay where I stand.

Good Morning Blog readers,
I am a bad blogger..... I fear that our time apart has made you forget about me.
I assure you, I have not forgotten about all of you.
My life, has taken a turn. Things have suddenly become so full, writing has taken a back burner, like a really far away back burner, possibly the last thing on my "to-do" list.
Full is good, we have previously established that - it was full before and yet, or however... somehow empty.
That empty has been replaced with a new love and his beautiful, hilarious children.
I have four new loves of my life, six if you count his dog and cat, fifteen if you count the chickens and rooster.
I am in love.
Wow, right?
who knew that would ever happen - certainly not the skeptic that is me. Skeptic or cynic? Debatable....
I have met a man who has literally swept me clean off my feet.
Great thing about that, he has done it just by being himself in full on, raw honesty.
No fanfare, no illusions, no smoke and mirrors - just him and who he is.
And, I love everything about him. He says that we are basking in the "newness glow" - okay fine, maybe we are - but I say, fundamentally, I know, this man has the goods that I NEED.
I was so unsure that this concept was a reality in life, that I am in shock to KNOW so surely, so soon - that I love this man with all that I am.
Crazy.
Thing about him, he makes me laugh. He is smart. He is super witty and quick. He is honest. He is good. He gives me fresh eggs. He has soft skin. There is more, but I sound like a teenager - I am well aware of my giddiness - I get I am totally annoying right now.
Have you ever seen the movie Pretty Woman?
If you have, think back about Julia Roberts character - her stand on kissing...
Remember?
She is a call girl who sleeps with men, but NEVER kisses them.
Kissing she says is intimate, the most intimate act that two people can share.
I subscribe to that way of thinking, I am with Julia full tilt on that one.
Kissing is the tell all.
I have not kissed much in my adult life - the intimacy was lacking and therefore made the kiss feel wrong, uncomfortable, compromising...
I could kiss Bob Selph for the rest of my life and never need to come up for air.
Now, he is a good kisser - and I am sure that his lady friends before him would all agree he has a powerful pucker - I am sure I am not the first woman to want to drown in his mouth.
However, I am going to claim that it was wrong with all those who came before, it is right with me.
When I put my smile to his, it is with a familiar reciprocity that I am greeted....
It is the most beautiful thing ever and I love it, love him.
Suddenly I understand love songs too.
I don't yearn when I hear them now - like "oh I wonder will I ever feel what those lyrics reference?"
I get it now....I get it all.
And so my blog readers - this is why I have not been writing - I have been too busy kissing a beautiful man.
I hope you will forgive me and root for love in my absence.
I promise I won't stay away so long....