Elle, Thank you for the gift of this post. I think my hiding has been very internal, most people think I am a very outgoing person when I meet them. Yet they see only the surface me, the face that I have learned through years to put on in public. Much preferring solitude to the exhausting work of having to keep the surface me up all the time.

My sister once said I was the only person that she ever met who could be in a room of people and be alone. Beautiful blog from a truly beautiful woman. Thank you again.

Thanks Ana. So lovely to have you make a comment on my blog!
It sounds like we both need to have our privacy safeguarded. I guess some people need to be around others all the time, I don't.
I love being with friends but it's nice to have your safe haven away. And I've certainly learned that sometimes it's better to be alone rather than in the wrong company.
You can feel lonelier with the wrong person than being by yourself.

Oh Elle... sometimes I think I am a hermit for sure. I get accused of being "elusive" all the time. Is it a privacy thing? A fear thing? Or simply enjoying the intimacy of being alone. Perhaps all of the above. Thank you for talking about this. Something I can definitely relate to.
xxxooo