Like so many things in life, I'm starting over. Well, at leasting starting from where I left off, which is the way it seems to work in life. We never really get to start from scratch; we always start from somewhere. It's called growth. This time, I promise to write at least twice a week on any topic, no matter what (life is interesting enough to find two topics a week on which to write.) I promise to include photos. I prefer blogs with photos and I'm betting most people do too. It doesn't matter if there is not a unifiying theme. It doesn't matter if no one ever reads it. I will write it for me. I also promise to put myself out there. Last year, I didn't tell anyone about this project. I faced my fear of failure, my fear of looking like an idiot, and I backed down. I walked away like a dog with her tail beween her legs and I blamed it on being "too busy." This year I'm facing those fears and I refuse to back down. No excuses. So go ahead and mock me- laugh behind my back at my silly topics and my poor writing abilities and my grammatical mistakes. I will share this blog when the opportunity presents itself. I will be proud of it because I created it. I tell my children to be proud that they tried- it's time I started following my own advice. This project is not a should. There is no other voice telling me to do this. This is something I want to do. For me. Sometimes desire and goals require discipline and facing our fears.
And so it begins, again.
And now for a cup of chai tea and a salty caramel that Santa let in my stocking.
Welcome to the blogosphere, Nancye! I hope you find much fulfillment from this space. When I started my blog, I saw the blog as an outlet for doing things that I loved: cooking, taking pictures, writing. I am approaching my 4-year anniversary (how can that be!) and I have written many bad posts and a few that I loved. But I try to keep going because, for me, the best reason to keep doing it is to capture the "now" of our family life. Good luck to you!!
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