So the blog’s been quiet as of late, & though I kept thinking I’d update, days became weeks. Now  granted, life’s been busy, but that’s typical here. My radio silence has been more than that. Life’s been busy, but it’s also been more difficult. You know those periods in your life when it feels as though you’re swimming along -just like Dory in Finding Nemo,  & a giant wave crashes over you? You come up gasping for air, thinking: just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, But then another wave knocks you down. And another. That’s what life has felt like for the past month or so.…