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Is it permissible to write in a blog that you haven't touched for 5 years?  I suppose anything is permissible when your blog isn't even open to the public. I've been scrolling back through some of my old blog posts and I am fascinated by the "me"s of the past.  Oh 2014 Caitlyn, if only you could see us now. As I was reading, I was thinking about the clever Christmas letters that my grandpa Ray wrote over the years.  Did I inherit a talent for writing from him?  On the other hand, I am not certain that my writing is objectively good - I've always had a hard time judging my own writing.  I will say this, though, objectivity aside, I like my blog writing.  Writing has always been very difficult for me as I imagine all the ways that my readers will criticize every word, every sentence (this was especially true when writing essays for my high school English teachers).  But blog-writing has always come much easier to me.  There is a freedom that doe...