I’ve Been Away for a While
- Shanique
- May 20
- 1 min read
I’ve been away for a while.
Not necessarily because I wanted to disappear, but because life started feeling louder than my thoughts, and somewhere in the middle of everything, I stopped showing up here.
A lot has changed for me over the past few months. Some things challenged me. Some things slowed me down. Some things simply made me look at life differently. And honestly, I think I needed that time away more than I realized.
During that time, I kept thinking about HERRtruth and what I wanted this space to feel like moving forward.
For a long time, I felt pressure to have everything figured out before I posted anything — like every piece of content needed to have a perfect message, lesson, or meaning behind it. But lately, I’ve been more interested in honesty than perfection.
So maybe this new version of HERRtruth is a little softer.
Maybe it’s less about trying to say the “right” thing and more about creating a space for thoughts, lifestyle, reflection, creativity, and the experience of figuring life out in real time.
I don’t fully know what this space will become yet, and for once, I think I’m okay with that.
Right now, I just want this blog to feel real. A place where I can share things I’m thinking about, things I’m learning, things I’m loving, and moments that feel meaningful enough to write down.
No pressure. No perfect reintroduction. Just me, showing up again.
And honestly, that feels like a good place to start.



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