Blogs

I love blogs. I've been reading blogs for several years and have always enjoyed the honestly and the thouhts that the various (mostly) women whom I religiously follow share. I love the stories, the pictures, and being a part of the lives of the authors. 

I started out reading the blog of a friend-of-a-friend. My friend L recommended that I check out the blog of her friend M because she thought we had similar personalities. When I checked out M's blog, I pretty much fell in love. L was absolutely right...we had much in common (besides the fact that she was older, married, and had kids). I felt like I was reading stories from my future self. I frequented her blog and read it religiously - it was just so entertaining. That was in 2008. 

I still continue to read M's blog occasionally, though she's not that main blog that I "stalk" these days. I love the blogs that I've discovered and it seems as though all the blogs I frequent are connected to each other in some way..which makes me feel that some blogging communities are very small (which even thinking about a blogging community is such a weird thought). I finally realized I needed to be a part of this realm. I love the impact that these (again, mostly) women have had on me thorough their words and I would feel so humble if even one person felt that they were impacted positively because of my words. 

In real life, I can be very shy or very outgoing. But when it comes to expressing my thoughts via words and sentences, they usually come out jumbled. I often catch myself seeing others' confused looks when we are talking because I'm pretty bad at expressing myself when talking. But writing has always been my outlet. I've always journaled in books and more recently on my computer because it's sooo much easier to type (Hello, welcome to the 21st century). There will always be something therapeutic about putting pen to paper but for now I am going to open up my brain in a new perspective and write (journal) via the internet. Where there's the possibility that others will read my thoughts. Intimidating....but exciting.