Something New

To be honest, I never thought I would do this whole blog thing. I love reading other people's blogs. They inspire me, give me ideas, help me set goals in my life, give me something to . . . think about. Some of them remind me of how I NEVER want to turn out and other's give me hope for a future filled with happiness and a hand to hold during hard times. I have always been an avid journal writer but when it comes to what I write in my journal I am stuck. I am so concerned with getting the dates, people, and places down that my hand hurts too badly for me to include what I think and how I feel about life. I end up writing those thoughts and ideas on pieces of scratch paper or in corners of soon-to-be-forgotten school notebooks. For how much I love to write, it is a surprise to many people that I do not have a blog already to which most of you I have replied "I'm not that cliche."

But I fold. The more I think about it, the more I want this little corner of the universe to be mine. I have fought the urge to start a blog for several months now but with some of the recent circumstances and situations I find myself in, now seems like the perfect time to act on my weakness. (I justify my actions by making this a "private" blog--and the thing is, I really don't care if anyone reads what is written here anyway. This is more for me than it is for you).

We all handle life differently. I handle it through words. Sometimes by writing letters, sometimes by writing poems or short stories, sometimes by writing songs. It doesn't matter. I just want this to be the hub of all those words. A place where I can get out what I want to say. Who knows, maybe some of my words will end up making a difference, like so many of the blogs I have read have made a difference to me.

So welcome to my wor(l)d. My heartache. My joy. This is what inspires me.

Word.
-C