Mea Culpa

 

Mea Culpa

I've been remiss. It's been quite some time since I last posted on any of my blogs. It's something that I have regretted.

There is, of course, a story here. My father passed away on Valentine's Day this year. In many ways, he had been the glue that had held our little family together.

When he died, my brother and I became the chief caretakers for my ailing mom -- well, mostly my brother, with me playing the emotional support role from him.

Role-playing, blogging about stuff, etc. can cost a lot of mental effort -- albeit with great reward, too. As my mom's situation became more precarious, more of my time was spent worrying about my brother and my mom -- and less time spent thinking about much else, except for my professional work.

In May, my brother moved her from Virginia to New Jersey. When I visited them for Independence weekend, we had to hospitalize my mother for infectious delirium, and then moved her into a physical rehab. During that time, her condition worsened considerably. Fortunately, this past week, we were able to move her here to Massachusetts where my wife and I could physically help my brother to care for my mom. It helped that we found her a comfortable place to live, with empathetic and caring staff to care for her.

Now that she is settled and her situation is considerably more stable, I'm hoping to return to participating more intentionally in my hobby and in blogging more about it. I have plans to finish off my series on legacy characters from my past D&D, to revise and expand on the Gods of Greyhawk, and to share more of the house rules that I use in my games. And to continue work on my other blogs, Marvelphile and Board to Death.

Stay Tuned!