You Should Start a Blog

Numerous people have told me "You should start a blog..." My belief is that some people have an aversion to my propensity to share even the most uncomfortable details about my life on Facebook, where I like to push the limits of just how many characters a person can include in one single post. Those same people would prefer to see my life lived out in the confines of a blog page, rather than on their news feed.

And so this blog is born from the discomfort of my friends and family who have thus far put up with my verbose posts, and maybe even commented in an effort to humor me. It's been a few years in the works, in my mind anyway, but I could never really decide what to write about. Should I focus on the struggles blessings of being a mom? Write about my kids? Write about my childhood? Where do I start? Do I tell my kids' stories, or are they theirs to tell? Who's perspective should I write from? I toyed with the idea of writing a children's book about my daughter's shenanigans, but I could never really get that to sound right. Then it hit me one day, whilst at work, doing what I do best... talking about myself. I just need to write about what I naturally talk about the most in my life: Myself. There is plenty comedic fodder in the stories about my struggles to live a normal life, every day.

I like to write. I like words. They can cheer a person up, heal a boo-boo, encourage the most discouraged person, and most of all, can shine a flashlight into the recesses of our souls, where most of our thoughts like to hide. So, here we go... let's play hide and seek...