Writer, community volunteer

​In our local newspaper last week these words were used to describe me in an article announcing an Ad Hoc Community Transportation Committee that I have been appointed to serve on.  These few words caused me to pause.
These three words go a long way to describe my life at this point in time.  Of course, there are other descriptive words that denote life roles such as husband, father, grandfather, teacher, radio host and friend. 
Writer, community volunteer can also be verbs because they describe what I spend a lot of time in my life doing.  Writer, community volunteer describes two things that I am passionate about.
I am fortunate because I am financially secure and right now everyone I care about is in good health and not at risk for any major health concern.
Sometimes I do have trouble balancing the time I devote to writing and community volunteering.  It is easy for me to become entangled in local issues and spend time researching, networking and attending meetings for various community activities.  All of those things are time NOT writing.  Frankly, sometimes I think I use my involvement in community activities to distract myself and avoid writing.  It happens.
I always come back to writing because it is who I am.
So, life is good now – writer, community volunteer.