Once I might have wished for that: never to grow old. But now I know that to stay young always is also not to change. And that is what life’s all about—changes going on every minute, and you never know when something begins where it’s going to take you.

—Joan W. Blos, A Gathering of Days

I rarely write about passages from books I’ve not read, but this one is just right for a season of much change in my life. Plus, its truth is undeniable. One of the best ways I have found to make sense of changes happening in my world is to write, but I have not been intentional about my journaling for the past several years. This blog has been an extension of my journal writing as it has been a platform to connect my thoughts to passages from my reading. To reestablish my practice of journal and essay writing, I am choosing to write a short post each day for the next 30 days. Here I go! (Well, I didn’t do the 30 days!)