Restoring the Past
Posted on 06. May, 2010 by Deb in Just...Boys, On Writing, The Girl
When I moved blogs from my dot net to this domain, I deleted more blog posts than I imported back in. At the time, I had felt I was making the right decision as the man I was seeing was jealous of the men in my past, some of which (The Pilot Guy specifically). I went a little crazy after the initial export last year and deleted over 80% of my past posts.
Earlier this week, I ran across the WordPress file from the move and decided to take a leap of faith about lessons learned: you cannot erase the past. In fact, the events and actions of our past is what we learn from. Tonight, though I should be in bed, I imported the old posts and the only deletions I made from the import were the duplicates.
So, if you are the type to go through a persons archives, you will find some things there today that weren’t there yesterday. There is still some clean-up that needs to be done, like the restoration of some photos and the cleaning up of categories. But it feels good.
The photo, by the way, was taken on a dear friend’s back porch. On a day when I needed comfort and an escape. A part of my past – a part of my growth as a woman – a part of my evolution. Because we cannot erase the past, but we can certainly learn from it….