Man, I have such wonderful ideas and thoughts!

Hmmmmmm, --- wonder if I'll ever be able to get them out???

Sometimes I think it's time that I lack in --- other times, it's motivation.  You know, the want to - I actually give a crap mentality.  So I just sit around and waste my God-given talent(s) like a bloody bump on a log.  But then again, I suppose the bump on the log is utilizing its God-given talents because that's what it's supposed to be --- a bump on a log.  KWIM? J

I guess my problem with writing sometimes, or all too often, is like my problems with many other things in my life --- FEAR!  Fear of failing, I suppose, or fear of being critiqued.  Then again, that's what life is like no matter what you do.  Odds are sooner or later, you're going to run into someone who for some reason just hates your guts.  But for the one person who hates your guts, you've got to believe that God will give you 5-10 people who absolutely think you're the greatest!

And as for fear of failing,  if a person doesn't try, then they automatically fail just because they didn't even try.  What's the sense it that really? It's so much better to try and fail, then to never try and never know if you could've succeeded at something.

My husband for the longest time has been trying to encourage me to do something with my writing gifts, as well as other people that I've known along the way.  I've been told it is a true waste of a great gift and a thought came to my head, --- "What if so many of our histories greatest minds had not tried to do something, then where would the world be today?"  What if Edison decided not to invent things like the light bulb because he was afraid to fail?  What if members of The Beatles had not pursued their musical dreams, would the music world have been the same?  There have been so many great and brilliant minds in history that took a chance to achieve their dreams when they could've just as easily not done anything at all, but then again, what good would that have done for them and possibly other people as well?  Think about it.

So, --- I guess the moral to this story is that you'll never know unless you try, and I will never know unless I try.  Simple as that! J

A Special Thanks to My Preeclampsia Sisters

In honor of Tommy's 7th birthday, I wish to thank all of my fellow preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome sisters for being there for me all of these years.  I have learned so much from all of you wonderful, strong women.  I have laughed with you.  I have cried with you.  I have celebrated with you.  I have mourned with you.  You have helped me out in your own special ways and I love you all for being here with me throughout all of this.  You are truly the most amazing women that I have ever known in my whole entire life!  Blessings to you all! J

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog.  I will use this blog to write about my reflections my life and my observations of the world around me.  This is the first time I have EVER publicly shared any blog that I've ever kept.  I started a blog years ago, but never revealed it to anybody else.  I consider myself to be kind of a private person who doesn't always feel comfortable sharing everything with everybody.  However, I am a writer and want to begin work on my writing career --- with the encouragement of my husband and many others along the road of life.

 

To be honest with you, for me, sharing something like this blog is kind of scary for me.  I don't like criticism or arguments.  I consider myself to be a pretty peaceful person.  I respect people's rights to having their own opinions, although, I don't always feel respected myself.  I guess sometimes that's the way it is.

 

Lao Tzu once said "Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know" and I believe that is true. I do have a lot to say, but I seldom say much.  Then, on the other end of the spectrum, there are those who talk, talk, talk and they don't know a damn thing.  They just talk for the sake of hearing themselves speak.  I talk when I have something to say.  Guess since I have something to say, it's time I start talking.

 

So that's why I'm here and why this blog is here.  I want to be a voice for what I believe in and for things that I have been through.

 

This being said, I respectfully ask that anyone who visits my blog, please be respectful of my thoughts and opinions and I will return the favor back to you.  Blessings to all, and again, --- welcome to my blog! J