I’ve thought about starting a blog
for quite a while now. It took me months though to finally do it. I wanted to
take the time to figure out what I wanted to do with it and what my purpose
should be. What’s the point of a blog anyway? Is it a public diary? A way to
become famous? Make money? None of this really sounded right to me, but that
seems to be the way most people use blogs – for self-promotion. That’s not a
world I really wanted to be drawn into.
But then something happened. I made
a friend. A friend who has a blog, though she hesitates to call herself a blogger. I watched how she used it, as a way to share her life and bless other
people. And I, as a reader, used it as a way to keep up with her. I came across
a few other blogs that were similar – normal people with normal lives, sharing
the beauty that can be found in normality. I found a conservative Christian
blogger, writing about current events in a way I’d never seen before. I started
reading my cousin’s blog, which I had shamefully neglected, and saw how she
shares so much of her life with the people who truly care. And finally it
clicked. Yes, a blog can become about self-promotion and notoriety. But it can
also just be about friendship and life, sharing and talking about the things
that really matter to us, seeking to bless others, while being blessed
ourselves.
This is what I hope to do. This
isn’t a public diary, or a way to seek fame and money. I may be unable to
resist the urge to occasionally climb on top of my soapbox for certain
subjects, but I’ll try to control myself, because this isn’t a platform for
diatribes. What this really is, is a letter. Most of you are my friends, and
this is a way to share with you. Maybe I’ll even make a few new friends along
the way. I don’t really know where Close to Heart & Home is going to take
me, but I hope I can make it mean as much as other blogs have meant to me.
I found you!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading your letters. Especially since you live at a distance from me and I will love having a way that is easy - for me - to keep in touch. :)
Yay!
Lookie here! I'm so glad your doing this and I can't wait to read your stuff!
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