Everybody's Business

It feels like a really long time since I last posted here, and it kills me to think I may give the impression that I don't think about Alice anymore. While the pain of losing my sister isn't so much at the forefront of my existence these days, my relationship with her lives deeper inside of me. I still get sad, much more often than I did before she died, yet I am also moving forward in fits and starts.

Now, the time has come for me to announce something I've considered doing for quite some time: I'm starting a new blog. It's called "It's Everybody's Business" and I'm writing it for gay, lesbian and bi folks -- as well as their allies -- about being out at work. I'm a career counselor and this is something I care about, and the subject hasn't been covered in the way I'd like to see it. The tagline is "The complexities of revealing your true, gay self at work." The url is everybodysbusiness.org

Alicechahinian.blogspot.com will remain online, and I will post as I feel like it. Yet in the spirit of moving forward, I am working to direct my energy to this new professional venture. If you think it's worthwhile, I hope you'll let people know about it.

In her death, Alice helps me. She inspired this blog, which prompted me to develop my blogging chops. Now I am integrating what I know about blogging into my professional work, and in a f`cked up way I have Alice to thank for this. So thank you Alice. I still miss you every day. I hope to see you at everybodysbusiness.org.