First Words

Hi! Welcome to my blog! Here, I hope to give you a taste of my thoughts, recipe and craft ideas, and recommendations for traveling…and probably more inspirations as I think of them…such as links to amazing talks or videos.

I’ve been meaning to blog for a long time, but I’ve hesitated for 3 reasons:

1) I didn’t know where to start! I’ve journaled for over 12 years, cooked lots of yummy food, traveled to lots of places, but it was overwhelming to think about whether to backtrack or just start from the present.

2) I’m a bit fearful of judgment. Yep, I admitted it.

3) There are already SO MANY blogs out there! Why would mine be any better?

4) I have better things to do…

And as I’ve been thinking about it (for the past 3 years), I concluded that…

1) Why not start where I am and reach back into the past when necessary?

2) Aren’t we all fearful of others’ opinions? Just some of us more than others. And exposing my thoughts is one way of overcoming that fear.

3) Sure, tons of people blog about the same things…but isn’t that the beauty of it? It shows that we, as the Imago Dei (Image of God), desire and yearn and are inspired by similar things. And we each have our own web of connections so hopefully my blog will be read by my circle of friends and family.

4) Yes, my life is full. And I’m about to start grad school. Even more a reason to start a blog where I can share my thoughts because I’ll be learning SO much!

 

So here we go, friends! Thanks for reading J