I am a writer, and yet, this is tough! The first entry in my new "Blog" (gosh, where did that name come from?) and I don't know where to begin! My brain has suddenly stopped functioning, and I've practically forgotten how to type!
Deep breath.
I am reminded of the Do-Re-Me song from The Sound of Music- "Start at the very beginning...a very good place to start..." Okay...deep breath again...well...I'm NOT going back 48 years! The beginning of what?
And now, on the much more negative side, I am reminded of my boyfriend's comments (delivered with a tone of REAL disgust)- "I get tired of NPR...I mean, they're interviewing bloggers! And who are THEY? Who the heck cares what a blogger has to say?" (Not Jim).
Well, the very beginning of my interest in blogging (which rhymes with slogging and dogging and frogging and....where DID that name come from?) came when my friends (and friends to many), Scott and Tricia, learned that Tricia was pregnant with twins. They knew they were embarking on a real adventure, and they decided to share it with others. They created a blog. I became very thankful for that blog- I followed it with great interest as their pregnancy progessed, as they learned (early in the pregnancy) that one of their identical twin boys had a heart defect, as the boys (Duncan and Jackson) were born, as Duncan had heart surgery, as they endured many joys and setbacks, as they lost their little Duncan, and now, as they raise darling Jackson- the boy I want to know about forever...the boy who used to have a "womb mate."
Thanks to their blog, I could pray for them, I could rejoice with them and cry with them. I didn't have to wonder how they were, and sit here feeling afraid to call, afraid of being a pest. I continue to learn much from Tricia and Scott. I learn about resilience. I learn about ways to be a healthy, loving, honest couple. I contemplate thankfulness. I am reminded to celebrate life.
My second inspiration for creating a blog came just yesterday, from my coworker Emily. I call her the daughter I never had...because she is 25 and because I would be so thrilled to have a daughter as fun and aware and open and balanced and courageous as she! Emily keeps a blog, and yesterday she sent me a link to an entry about her first tap dancing class since high school. Her reflections simply made me laugh. I think I laughed four times while reading about her experience. It felt so good to laugh that I almost cried...particularly when I realized that it was the first time I had laughed in probably a few weeks.
So, inspired by Scott, Tricia and Emily, who have had the courage to share their lives through the internet, I am beginning to share with "you," Life as it is Right Now.
Live it!
Elaine
Deep breath.
I am reminded of the Do-Re-Me song from The Sound of Music- "Start at the very beginning...a very good place to start..." Okay...deep breath again...well...I'm NOT going back 48 years! The beginning of what?
And now, on the much more negative side, I am reminded of my boyfriend's comments (delivered with a tone of REAL disgust)- "I get tired of NPR...I mean, they're interviewing bloggers! And who are THEY? Who the heck cares what a blogger has to say?" (Not Jim).
Well, the very beginning of my interest in blogging (which rhymes with slogging and dogging and frogging and....where DID that name come from?) came when my friends (and friends to many), Scott and Tricia, learned that Tricia was pregnant with twins. They knew they were embarking on a real adventure, and they decided to share it with others. They created a blog. I became very thankful for that blog- I followed it with great interest as their pregnancy progessed, as they learned (early in the pregnancy) that one of their identical twin boys had a heart defect, as the boys (Duncan and Jackson) were born, as Duncan had heart surgery, as they endured many joys and setbacks, as they lost their little Duncan, and now, as they raise darling Jackson- the boy I want to know about forever...the boy who used to have a "womb mate."
Thanks to their blog, I could pray for them, I could rejoice with them and cry with them. I didn't have to wonder how they were, and sit here feeling afraid to call, afraid of being a pest. I continue to learn much from Tricia and Scott. I learn about resilience. I learn about ways to be a healthy, loving, honest couple. I contemplate thankfulness. I am reminded to celebrate life.
My second inspiration for creating a blog came just yesterday, from my coworker Emily. I call her the daughter I never had...because she is 25 and because I would be so thrilled to have a daughter as fun and aware and open and balanced and courageous as she! Emily keeps a blog, and yesterday she sent me a link to an entry about her first tap dancing class since high school. Her reflections simply made me laugh. I think I laughed four times while reading about her experience. It felt so good to laugh that I almost cried...particularly when I realized that it was the first time I had laughed in probably a few weeks.
So, inspired by Scott, Tricia and Emily, who have had the courage to share their lives through the internet, I am beginning to share with "you," Life as it is Right Now.
Live it!
Elaine
1 comment:
I love it! I can't wait to journey with you. :) I find blogging therapeutic and hopefully you will too!
By the way, you're like my mom away from home! I can't imagine what my first year in a new big city would have been like without you!
Hugs!
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