Here I Am...
Hi. I’m Carrie. I’ve
decided to start a blog. It’s a blog
about hiking. But it’s more than
that. It’s a blog about what years of walking up and down mountains has done for me, to me, what
it has symbolized throughout the years, and what it has taught me. It’s about hiking, and feelings, and relationships, and having a
chronic disease, and how all these things intersect to make a life.
This type of writing endeavor has been a long time coming. Until now I’ve not been freed up enough mentally or emotionally to put myself out there—to be fully seen. I recently quit my career in Boston and moved up to the mountains of New Hampshire. This change has been both a major step forward and a pressing of the pause button (more on that later). But regardless of how one views it, the result has been decompression and a freeing up of brain space that the frenetic pace of the city did not allow for, and I answered the urge to put myself out there, by writing.
I did not set out for for my type 1 diabetes to be the primary focus of this blog. Rather, in similar fashion to the way I've handled my disease throughout my life, my intention was to let it remain in the background, addressing it when necessary, but never letting it define me or get in the way, and certainly never putting it center stage. But as I began to write, there it was, again and again--diabetes--a mention here, a sentence there--and before I knew it, it had taken over entire paragraphs of my my first entry. It turns out that my disease is so inextricably tied to me and has been so formative in my relationship with hiking, and with life, that I can't not focus on it.
So here I am. I'm writing a blog, hiking up mountains, and talking about diabetes. We may have none of these activities in common. But that's not really the point. It's the universality between the lines that holds significance. We all have crosses to bear, passions that beg following, and moments when we feel brave enough to put our 'real' selves out there. These just happen to be mine. If things had been different at any fork in my life-road, I might not be writing this, but things were just so, and so here I am.
This type of writing endeavor has been a long time coming. Until now I’ve not been freed up enough mentally or emotionally to put myself out there—to be fully seen. I recently quit my career in Boston and moved up to the mountains of New Hampshire. This change has been both a major step forward and a pressing of the pause button (more on that later). But regardless of how one views it, the result has been decompression and a freeing up of brain space that the frenetic pace of the city did not allow for, and I answered the urge to put myself out there, by writing.
I did not set out for for my type 1 diabetes to be the primary focus of this blog. Rather, in similar fashion to the way I've handled my disease throughout my life, my intention was to let it remain in the background, addressing it when necessary, but never letting it define me or get in the way, and certainly never putting it center stage. But as I began to write, there it was, again and again--diabetes--a mention here, a sentence there--and before I knew it, it had taken over entire paragraphs of my my first entry. It turns out that my disease is so inextricably tied to me and has been so formative in my relationship with hiking, and with life, that I can't not focus on it.
So here I am. I'm writing a blog, hiking up mountains, and talking about diabetes. We may have none of these activities in common. But that's not really the point. It's the universality between the lines that holds significance. We all have crosses to bear, passions that beg following, and moments when we feel brave enough to put our 'real' selves out there. These just happen to be mine. If things had been different at any fork in my life-road, I might not be writing this, but things were just so, and so here I am.
Here I am...
On the summit of Mt. Jefferson; White Mountains, NH; late summer 2015.
So here I am. I'm writing a blog, hiking up mountains, and talking about diabetes. We may have none of these activities in common. But that's not really the point.Read moreRajshahi It
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