It is time to put the doubts aside and start this blog. By the end of the day Friday, I had talked myself out of launching a blog. By the time I drove home, I realized that my biggest struggle (besides being hesitant to put myself out there) is that I am trying to draw from past writings and trying to make them relevant for current times. I realized that what I have to do is write for now and draw on those past writings to verify, give ideas, and supplement current thoughts. So here is another attempt at an introduction post so that I can launch this blog. Please be patient with me while I build and improve this blog. I know I am behind the rest of the world, but I will catch up eventually.
I am not a fashion expert. In fact, I need one to help me be current in my wardrobe. I am not a chef or cook who comes up with wonderful recipes whether they be high calorie deliciousness or low-calorie/points creations. I am something else – just a woman, in her 50s, trying to release the writer that has always been within me. Yet, not just the writer, but the person who has had a long fulfilling responsibility of being a mother; a current and continuing wife to a wonderful man; a long fulfilling career as a teacher; a daughter, sister, friend. Many people have these same roles, and I do not claim to have answers to any questions that come with these roles. What I have are experiences that I want to share, reflections about life, searches for answers to my own questions while hopefully giving others an avenue or voice to share their own. I have an opportunity to finally embrace what I have always wanted to do – write.
So this blog will be about life experiences, will be a creative outlet to share writings past and present, and will be my next step in fulfilling a dream.
Welcome. Feel free to introduce yourself.