This is a little snapshot of my Leadership group in Spain during dinner in June.

I'll be with them again in two weeks for Retreat #3.

I've had blog anxiety for weeks now since one of my international "friends" threatened me when he found out that I had used his full name in a blog entry. I didn't really think much of it at the time since - again - we were friends.

Isn't it just shocking and heartbreaking when someone you care about and trust suddenly attacks you? It had been a long time. He really had me convinced for about 10 minutes that I was a terrible person.

Sigh.

Oooh! I just realized that the same thing happened to me in 1996 with my two best friends from high school (identical twins. Note: Never get too close to identical twins. It is a strange and twisted triangle. Poor things. I can't imagine how hard it must be to create your own identity when someone else is walking around and looking at you and people never get your name right but... trust me on this one). No wonder that hurt so much.

I have thin skin these days. So why am I writing my deepest feelings in my blog?

Ah, fuck it.

I'm reclaiming you, dear blog. Ignoring you is not fair to the 3 people who read you.

Amen!