Why Do I Blog?

Really, what is this blogging all about, anyway?

What kind of person blogs, why do we do it, and why would anyone want to read it?

I honestly don't know. I can answer only a little of why I enjoy blogging. I certainly am not a writer. I'm not trained enough to expect that my writings are of interest to all but the closest of friends and family. I'm not an expert in anything by an educational point of view. So why am I putting myself on the internet? Because I can, comes quickly to mind.

My opinion's are based on my own life experience. And sometimes, let's face it, the average person can see things from a vantage point that the so called "experts" may be too educated, too endoctrinated, too politically connected, to politically correct and just plain too connected to something other than every day life, to see. So, I may be saying things that you feel, but just haven't put down in words. You may connect with me, and feel that, you may not be so stupid after all. I might make you feel just a little bit less alone.

My whole life, I've wanted to help people feel better about themselves. I want them to understand that everyone makes mistakes along the way. Especially, if you didn't grow up in a Beaver Cleaver household. It's hard to make the right choices, if you weren't taught how to do that. It's hard to see, that choices make the difference between a life filled with quality, and one that is filled with emptiness, pain and frustration....things that don't last.

Maybe, I can help you think through things.....See other ideas, choices.....Ways to bring you a bit of happiness and satisfaction. Maybe you'll find a bit of strength here. Help you connect to your family, as I reach out to my own and struggle to keep the bonds tight. As you see me talk about the changes that are coming in my family, the parents now living with my husband and me, maybe it will help you with issues and questions that you have.

I'm like most of us. My family is a mixture of great joy and comfort to me, and the source of most of my pain, sorrow, and frustration. The mixture is what makes the difference. But as I meet my challenges, and make my choices, maybe it will touch a chord in you. Maybe, through my mistakes, and my triumphs, I can help you too. I'd love to hear from you.

Another reason to blog is to bring attention to the photography part of my life. I bring my own experiences into that as well. Sometimes, I'm actually afraid that I'll learn too much and lose the ability to look at life as a child does. The "sparkly" leaf drenched in dew drops, the small colored rocks in the gravel......I want to find them facinating, as I do now, and not get too tied up in the technical side.

Hopefully, you'll have a reason to come back and visit me on occasion and that I'll be able to make you smile, or cry.....or just connect. I hope I make you feel better about yourself.


























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