Why I Blog?

Write. Write words. Write sentences. Don't censor yourself. Just write.   Write...Write...Write... Share. Repeat.   I have to remind myself why I started blogging in the first place.   My passion is and has always been the written word.  I want words to flow through me onto a blank page.  I want those words - those thoughts - to inspire.  I want them to inspire my readers.  From that inspiration, I want my inbox to blow up from the comments I receive from every post. But that doesn't happen. Sometimes it happens, but my blog is just not read yet... It will - it's in the process.   But... I have had to take a hard look at myself and figure out why I blog at all.   True story: I once had a blog called "Cover to Cover...and Everything in Between" and I had to stop blogging there.  I had to stop blogging there. I didn't say I wanted to stop, but I was kind of forced to.  People outside of the blogging world (because I've never - ever - had negativity in the blogworld about my writing) attacked me because of what I had written.  They got me where it hurts - my soul.  Writing is the other ingredient running through my veins.  When I stopped writing at Cover 2 Cover, I was broken.  I was hurt.  I stopped blogging...or writing at all for that matter. Until... I met up with some blogger girlfriends...my people...people like you.  People who understand that hurt I was feeling.  Bloggers understand other bloggers.  We just do.  They understand what followers are...followers that stalk you in that nice way - because they like you, not want to creep you out:) They held my hand.  They listened.   And then they inspired me. So I made the decision...  I made the right decision to start this space... I put a lot of thought into what I wanted this space to be. I wanted it to be somewhere I enjoyed coming to and felt safe in.  It had to be somewhere that I could Just Write.   It didn't have to be perfect.  It could be sporadic posting, even.  I wasn't going to make this blog feel like a job.  I also wanted to talk about anything I felt...anything. My Faith. My Family. My Beliefs. My Past. Present. Future.   Sometimes it would be silly...other times serious...but always me. I feel like I'm slowly creating that space. I like it here and I feel safe.   This is why I blog. This is why I made the decision to blog again. This is my world.  This is the world of blogging. It's where I belong.  

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