Laura Blackmer

Starting over

2020 was a strange year, but 2021 even more so for me. A year of upheaval and change had caused me, like many others, to upend my own life and reevaluate what I actually wanted. In January my spouse and I were planning a cross-country move to shake things up a bit. I'd been living in my hometown for five years longer than I had meant to at that point and, while I'd accomplished things I was proud of during my time there, the move was long overdue and I was starting to get antsy. A year of being cooped up inside (save for long walks with the dog) certainly hadn't helped.