Nov 16 2009
Back on the Blogging Wagon
Thank you all for your complements on the blog. It was the one thing Dale asked of me while he was in Iraq. To be honest, I didn’t want to do it. I did it because I knew how much it meant to him. He would read the blog and grasp a hold of home. The sand and violence became a temporary existence for him. What I wrote assured him that there was another reality. Then he returned and I fell off the blogging wagon.
This past summer, I attended a writer’s conference which emphasized the benefits of blogging because you capture a story, idea, or thought as it happens. (Dale was so happy to hear that he was right.) They termed it banking your writing ( a new way of saying: keeping a journal). Later, you rework the writing for a specific purpose: devotional, teaching, article, book. “Book” was too overwhelming to me, so I started with “devotional.” With my mom and many others praying for me, I hope one day “book” may be possible.
For now, I am focused on blogging and devotionals during my writing time. Hopefully, I will not fall off the wagon again. It gives me great joy to know my writing has made someone laugh, ponder, or pray. I thank you for reading and I sincerely appreciate your encouragement and prayers.
