A few years ago, I wrote a blog about my hobby of growing roses. I correlated pruning roses is like shedding old habits. I am adding an update to this example. We removed a few of our rose bushes a couple of seasons ago due to what we thought was weed rot. I was sadly disappointed when I saw they were withering. Seeing the empty bed of dirt was painful. When the next spring arrived, we were surprised that a few strong rose vines started to grow again. This spring, they have graduated to rose bushes, with new buds starting to blossom. I was amazed and glad about their return. As I write about this experience, I am struck that it is a literal example of my writings. I stopped writing in my blog a few years back. Life was happening, many new directions that I was extremely grateful for and wanted to give them my utmost attention. Now that these paths are secure, I had some random blog thoughts that popped into my head. However, I was gripped with some trepidation to go back to my o