{"id":3315,"date":"2009-06-12T16:22:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T21:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2009-06-12T16:22:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T21:22:52","slug":"abrupt-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=3315","title":{"rendered":"Abrupt Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I&#8217;m taking a break from blogging. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It seems abrupt, yes. But in many ways this has been a long time coming. From feeding my need for affirmation through comments &#038; stats&#8230; to feeling obligated to write, more than I feel inspired to write&#8230; it is time for a break.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t misunderstand me, this community is incredibly special to me. I consider this blog a ministry God <strong>allows<\/strong> me to have. But I am depleted&#8230; emotionally, mentally and creatively&#8230; having less and less to offer in my own life, let alone on here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, I appreciate the grace and opportunity in taking this break. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d also appreciate your prayers during this season as I plan to dedicate any writing energy I do have to <a href=\"http:\/\/thenewpornaddicts.com\">my book<\/a> and my own spiritual growth and healing.<\/p>\n<p>I am not putting a time frame to the break&#8230; could be a month, two months &#8230; all summer. Who knows. I just know that when I am ready to come back, God will make that clear. But I hope you too will come back when that time comes. I&#8217;ll be excited to share with you what I&#8217;ve learned and hopefully with a fresh &#038; healthy passion.<\/p>\n<p>As needed, feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?page_id=853\">contact me<\/a> or submit a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/prayer\/prayer.php\">prayer request<\/a>. And will still be on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pinkhairedgirl\">Twitter. <\/a>But maybe just not as much as I have been. We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll see you soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<h3>Waiting Room Materials<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=2808\">Asian Cowboy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=3237\">Beautifully Unconventional<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=2659\">I&#8217;m Not Gonna Steal Your Husband<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=3288\">My Heart is an Ugly, Ugly Place<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?cat=48\">Porn Addiction<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=3054\">Sorry, No Clever Title<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m taking a break from blogging. It seems abrupt, yes. But in many ways this has been a long time coming. From feeding my need for affirmation through comments &#038; stats&#8230; to feeling obligated to write, more than I feel inspired to write&#8230; it is time for a break. Don&#8217;t misunderstand me, this community is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=3315\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abrupt Departure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-box-of-chocolates","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}