We are in the 7th week of the year, and for someone who really wanted to build consistency this year, it feels almost shameful that I have not written a single thing. (I have no shame by the way)
Anyways, happy new year.
Welcome to 2026.
This year will make it six years of writing publicly. Six years!! If someone told me when I started that there would be 25,000 of you who liked my style of writing, I would have laughed. Proper laughed.
I still remember the first day I decided to hit publish. How I pushed out the noise of perfectionism and simply wrote. Back then, I was consistent. Every Sunday afternoon, something fresh appeared on this blog. At the time, it had no URL, no direction, and definitely a lot of character.
I was literally just a girl who loved the Lord and loved to write. That love birthed this blog.
Deciding on the name of the blog was one thing. Deciding on the domain name was another kettle of fish. I went from using .com, to .ng, and for the past three years, I have settled with .org.
This blog has walked with me through varying stages of my life. Post university, awaiting results in the heat of a pandemic. Getting my first corporate job. NYSC. Studying and surving diaspora. Job hunting, and everything in between.
While I do not parade the happenings of my life on the internet, I have noticed that I usually return here once the storm is over.
And lately, the storm has been storming.
The year 2026 began with shocking news and big decisions. News I was definitely not prepared for. While I am not ready to go into the details, I can tell you this. Everyone is alive, well, and healthy.
Like I said earlier, life has been happening. And I have found myself in a season where isolation makes sense. Where pulling back feels necessary.
So for now, permit me to be away. AWOL. MIA. However you choose to describe it. I need time to sit with the pieces of 2026 and make sense of them.
Until my next blog post,
I will remain Erin.
Who knows, my surname might have changed.
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