#OnMyMind_ #WinterSolstice

Good morning, and welcome to winter. Iโ€™ve had a flood of emotions since Thursday, and I donโ€™t know if Iโ€™m going to edit and post.  Any of my previous thoughts because my mind canโ€™t think about anything other than the NASCAR tragedy of December 18.. I know that in the past few seasons, I have not been as faithful in watching the sport, but it isnโ€™t easy when all of your drivers have moved on to life off the track, and we are left with a handful of silver spoon grandsons who only have their ride because of who their grandfather is. I have been doing a lot of knitting and writing, but I donโ€™t know if any of that writing will come to life beyond the drafting board. Iโ€™ve been posting a lot of things directly to the Facebook page, and sometimes itโ€™s easier to share there rather than summarize in a blog post. Also, I have been using other platforms besides Meta. Iโ€™m keeping track of everything in the news, and to be honest, I feel like much of it is repetitive and nothing I want to put in my diary sincerely. I have lingering thoughts about how I feel regarding TikTok โ€“ not only because of the drama, but also because of the new censorship and the way I donโ€™t feel like my presence is acknowledged, so why be there unless itโ€™s with the creator who will believe me? I know some of that sounds petty and immature, but when you’re neurodivergent, a lot of your energy goes into something you do, and you feel like youโ€™re wasting time if youโ€™re not acknowledged.

With regard to Greg Biffle, his family and the plane crash, itโ€™s always the best drivers that get taken from us too soon and itโ€™s the Monday morning quarterbacking on what couldโ€™ve we have done different and the media being intrusive and repetitive and in some cases getting the information wrong. As I am sitting here thinking about this, Iโ€™m thinking about the friends and the remaining loved ones who were confirming it shortly after it happened, and in my heart in my mind, we donโ€™t need any confirms from the media, the government, the medical examiners, if they know we know and when I say that Iโ€™m in the family and your friends, we donโ€™t need to wait for any medical technicians to do their job. In our hearts, we know that Greg and his family, plus +3 other individuals, did not make it. Iโ€™ve been intermittently doing posts about TikTok and the creators who have essentially become two-faced assholes. Those individuals are why I donโ€™t participate in certain things anymore; itโ€™s not because of them. Itโ€™s because of what happens in communities that I donโ€™t like.