{"id":71,"date":"2025-02-23T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T18:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-02-23T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T18:15:04","slug":"a-long-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"A Long Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"It has been far too long since my last post and am a bit embarrassed since simply based on the name of this site, there has been an embarrassment of riches as far as suitable material is concerned.
The volume of \u201cspeechless\u201d material is both personal events that I believe could be very relatable to many people and globally, the volume of crazy, questionable, heartbreaking and simply astonishing events is enough to keep me writing non stop for months.
It will be my goal in the coming weeks to cover as much as I can in hopes to elicit some increased readership and response to encourage open dialogue.
I have plenty of opinions and guarantee that will not be embraced by everyone nor will they be anything more than one man\u2019s observational commentary on any number of topics.
I am not opposed to hearing different viewpoints or entering into healthy, friendly debate on subjects that people are passionate about. In fact I encourage other minded input and healthy communication.
Communication is something that I think is what we need now more than ever, but that is a whole post in itself.
Check back weekly and reach out to me whenever it strikes a chord or perhaps when I have unintentionally stepped on a nerve.
Let\u2019s get at it\u2026","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has been far too long since my last post and am a bit embarrassed since simply based on the<\/p>\n