All About Me

For those of you who have known me longer than 5 years may have recalled a blog I wrote entitled Hope Chronicles. It was inspirational stories and thoughts that originally started out in the church newsletter that eventually evolved into a mailing list.

A few years ago I felt that it was time to stop writing and set out on a venture to discover “me”.

Needless to say, I discovered “me” all right! During my hiatus, I finished a Bachelor’s of Science degree; lost my Nana, lost my grandmother, lost my cousin, met a man with plans to marry and start a family; received the crushing news that the relationship was over; went through a severe bout of depression; purchased a new home two hours away from work; discovered an entire new family through Face book; met brand new friends; dealt with my mother’s bout of breast cancer; and lost one of my best friend’s mother to cancer.

You would think that after all this; I would have plenty of writing material for a novel. Sad to say that all the events drove me further from writing. It wasn’t because I didn’t have anything to say. It was because I chose NOT to!

I chose not to because technology gave birth to blogs, MySpace, twitter, and face book. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon. Not wanting to go down the same path as everyone else, I chose to remain on the sidelines and read all the other thoughts, comments and stories. But of course I couldn’t do this for long; this sitting on the sideline. I had to throw my two cents into the mix. Before long, I became a bonafide commenter.

All of that changed after I read a story from Heart to Heart with Holley; a Christian blogger who’s stories are nothing short of amazing. The story she wrote about her 89 year old grandfather still doing what he was put on this earth to do made this forty plus year old feel really, really small. Even smaller than sitting on the sidelines. I also realized that the Creator responsible for giving me an amazing hobby is probably shaking His head in amazement. Oops… I forget… nothing amazes Him.

So, I’m back to writing. This time we will call it Black, White and GREY. It won’t be written for any particular group; but rather inclusive to all. Things to inspire and things to make you think. I plan to be in it for the long haul. Hope you will follow me.

Love, Peace, and (Hair grease) LOL!