Not even on an anonymous, unread blog

It has been -- what? -- a week and a half since I last posted. I have been through a serious personal sorrow that I don't feel I can write about, even on this blog, which is not only anonymous but completely unknown. The aftermath of that crisis is still with me, and will remain with me for quite some time. But I have always intended this blog to be primarily about my path to ordination, and I can at least resume writing about that, now that the first shock and dismay has passed.