For All You Lovelies Who Have Stuck Around; an Update.

It’s not lost on me in the slightest. Happens to the b(r)e(a)st of us.

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated this thing. And I’ll have information to come about that.

I was always reared, for better, or for worse, to not make excuses. Though perhaps, for worse — It has become abundantly apparent that some of the faults I exhibit derive themselves precisely from such indoctrination. It is after all, only a Sith who thinks in absolutes, yeah?

I will fill you in on the big of the stuff that rolled through. For now, I will only inform you that I am better and stronger for it. I can promise you that it will not be a boring story. If you have been sticking around all this time, there might be some luck that you have some ancestral knowledge of knowing what that means. The rest will just be up to good, kind faith, and seeing if I actually carry through on this promise. And so it goes.

But at this exact moment, at 5:20 my time on this-here 31st, I felt it necessary to go ahead and at least give a small glimmer of communication. Before the end of the month rolls through, and for those of you who are sticking around and who can still get this in their email box before el media noche… I just wanted to say that you can very much look forward to an extremely active August. Again, I will only say that that is the intent. But it’s one I present with enthusiasm. Hopefully you'll find out in any case.

Before we speak again, I would like you to know that the first half of this year has been tricky for yours truly. (I hope it’s been OK for you guys.) Travel schedules, bereft and disconnected moms, dead relatives, old endings in new beginnings, and new beginnings in old endings. Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray. And also, adapting to the fact that Nat and Olga are... well, bigger. It's a thing, that happened.

So! Before the month gets off to what I hope is a very enthusiastic start, I did want to go ahead and say a very substantial thank you, to all of you, who have stuck around. (And also, to those of you who are new here! You’re going to love it. There are ethereal cookies, abundantly.)

There are also some of you, who know who you are, and I still am graciously indebted to your kindness. Give me this first week of August to make it right. (otherwise, always feel free to reach out to me at the usual email: heatherwiththebiz@gmail.com).

It’s only a small thing, but only for right now, and at this moment… But the picture here is one of the very few selfies I have taken in all of 2024. Though, I am finding great joy in it once again. For now, a new Heather Classic.

Re-capturing yourself is a thing that takes on many forms. Revitalizing yourself is something that takes more than just a long weekend. Reinventing yourself is way more than just a skin care routine. Rediscovering yourself is a luxury, because that implies that you’ve done it once before! Reimagining yourself is something I think we kind of have to do every day. Recovering yourself, at least for me so far, is where all of the above stuff starts, in the first place.

I really want to go ahead and say how much I appreciate you all being on this journey with me. And I look forward to lots more to come.

With love and typos,

H