uh yeah...

Well, I guess I haven't been writing regularly, huh? In my defense, I have been rather busy this past year. I gave birth to our second child at the end of April of this year. Our oldest is almost exactly 2 yrs 1 month older than her little brother. So our hands have been totally full!

It's kinda interesting writing a blog. I'm really struggling with a few things here.

One, I can feel right now that I'm searching for my voice. It seems like at present, I really haven't found my style, my voice, my identity as a writer yet. I'm hoping as time goes on and I (hopefully) write more, that this style becomes more in focus. I think that it'll happen gradually and one day I'll realize -- boy! I'm a writer!

Another, is how much to reveal of myself to the blogosphere. I've always been a very private person, never sharing much of my feelings. However, there's a new level of sharing to be contemplated when it comes to cyberspace. Do I want personal details to be available to people I don't know? Such as my name, my kids' names, where I live, what I do. It's a scary thing to put yourself out there like that. On the other hand, how can I keep this blog interesting or vibrant without sharing something of myself and my family?

Being a parent, one of my favorite blogs is dooce.com. She is such an incredibly talented writer who has a real knack for drawing people in with her writing. However, not much is held private about her life, her husband or her daughter. I'm not sure I can be as brave as she is. I'm not sure I want to be.

Well, we'll see what the future brings. Decisions like these are probably too early for me to make. Afterall, I'm only on post #2....

BTW, I have to change this template. It's in Chicago Bear colors and I HATE da bears....

Wow! I thought I was signing up to post a comment

on a friend's blog and lookee what happened! I created my own blog!! I've always wanted to start writing regularly. So maybe this is serendipity! The universe telling me to get off my dead ass and do something about one of my dreams....

I remember when people were debating whether Tukie Williams should be executed or not. My boss said that it didn't seem right that he should be granted clemency just because he wrote a couple of books. But words have been the most powerful force in history. Words have changed the world many times over. Just think how different this world would've been if we hadn't had the written works of Aristotle, Plato, Confucius, Sun-Tzu (gotta throw in some Chinese guys!). Just think if the Bible, the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights had not been written.

I stand by the power of words. Hopefully that will kick start my ass into writing regularly....