End of an era
Seventeen years ago I published my first blog post. I had no idea what I was doing. I quickly got the hang of it and blogging became my joyful and creative outlet to help remember all the beautiful thoughts and sights and happenings of my days. When I say beautiful, I wasn't only recording the good things, but mostly I was, because no one wants to read about the garbage. And as I continued to blog, I realized I had a small audience...mostly family which is what I wanted--a way to share our days with those I love in a different manner than a phone call--we didn't have FaceTime then! Eventually a handful of friends were following along and even a few strangers. I don't think that I ever reached a place of embellishing or advertising or trying to become popular, but it was kind of exciting thinking that people were interested in our lives. I guess it's not much different than social media. The true reason though for my blog posts were t...
