my first post

Confession: I have previously had negative feelings towards blogs and bloggers.

I have wondered - who do these people think they are? Why do they think what they have to say is so important. But for some reason (not sure why) I started to have a change of heart. I started researching why people start blogs or why I should start a blog. Read several articles titled like "Top 10 Reasons to Start a Blog" and "15 Reasons I Think You Should Blog" etc. And wala! change of heart - I understand people's reasoning behind blogs. I have a new found appreciation for bloggers. So I have come up with my top 5 reasons to start a blog.

1. I have thoughts.

I have thoughts about life. Life as a Woman of God. Life as a wife. Life as a Mom. etc. I know my thoughts and wisdom may not be important to everyone, but I have realized my thoughts and wisdom may be helpful to someone I haven't met yet. This is the perfect venue.

2. It with improve my writing.

I have written in several journals and usually when I go back and look at my entries its a bunch of "mumbo jumbo" - unreadable to me even. I would love for my thoughts and journal entries to be readable by my daughter and future children. I would like to leave them something behind with my thoughts and struggles in a readable format. I can't blog "mumbo jumbo"... I would be laughed at. So here is to improving my writing skills! Please be patient.

3. I will become a better thinker.

My husband and I laugh about topics we study and analyze. He is a pure intellectual - his thoughts usually go above my head, but he brings it back to my level. I study and analyze relationships and people.  Nathan informed me early on in our relationship that most of my conversations with my Mom are about people. We aren't talking bad or spreading gossip, but we are constantly thinking about our family and friends. We wonder why that happened, what is going in their, heads, what we think they should have said in that moment, how impressed we are with how they handled that issue, etc. I study people - I think about why people do what they do. What is their motive behind actions. I like to think my thoughts are good-natured, but lets be real I'm a born sinner. I'm hoping blogging and forming my thoughts into words will increase my thinking ability and open my eyes and convict me of my human flaws.

4. I will meet new people.

I live 3 hours away from my family. I am NOT an out going person. I am a Stay-at-Home-Mom. I am introvert. Its hard for me to meet friends. I Facebook and Instagram, but I'm hoping this opens the door to meeting new like minded friends.

5. It will push me out of routine.

I am HOPING this will help be live more a disciplined life. I am not setting high expectations for myself, but I want to keep my self accountable. I would hate to start a blog and post once and then never again. Nathan suggested disciplining myself to at least 1 post every 2 weeks and improve from there. Sometimes life gets mundane. As a stay at home mom living away from family it can really get you down. This my attempt to change that routine.

5 1/2. Let my fun begin.