All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life, so my burden I began to divest

I am home.  We reached Portland mid-morning this morning, when the house was empty.  Everyone was out doing cancer-related things, so I had a little while to catch up to being here and to get some sleep before my loved ones descended and greeted me with lots of love.

Huge props and enormous thanks to Ken Scholes for driving me clear across the country, and for the wonderful and enlightening talking we did on the drive.  It was wonderful to get to know him, and we've created a wonderful friendship that I'm looking forward to deepening.

Thanks, too, to all my friends across the country who have been so incredibly supportive of me as I made this transition.

I am home.