Me again,

Well, I am not so sure about this Xanga thing afterall.  I guess in some weird way, I just figured that I would write what was on my heart and didn't really expect any reaction to it.  I feel in some way that I am doing a disservice if my post is going to be a catalyst for anyone to feel put off.  It is certainly not my intent.  I really just wanted an outlet to encourage others that feel like I do.  I didn't realize that with a large site like this, it is inevitable that feathers may get slightly ruffled, which is terribly counterproductive.  I'm not sure if perhaps I can try this again on a site where the inteded purpose is to encourage one another and there are not so many agendas.  Not that I don't love the art of apologetics...but only in the right venue, where it is both productive and even invited.  This truly has very little to do with any comments to my last blog, other than it opened my eyes that this may not be exactly the outlet I was looking for.  I know I could just write and make my blog private, but I would really rather develop a network of Christian ladies who are hard pressed to seek after the Lord in everything they do.  Unity of the church, without uniformity.  Salvation only comes to those who accept Jesus as their Savior.  The rest is all widely debated...what I call frosting.  I certainly have my opinions on most things and love to discuss and debate just about any topic.  I love the idea of the "blog", but I do think now understanding what my goal of participating is, that I may try a Christian blog site.  So as quickly as I was here...I think I am going to humbly bow out.  Everyone was very kind.  Perhaps I am speaking from emotion today.  It was a very tough day at work.  Three of my very good patients all very ill and two without good answers why. The third has lymphoma and seems to be progressing more quickly now in her illness. I tend to get very emotionally invested in my work and today has drained me beyond words.  All three of these dogs mean a great deal to me.  So, thankyou to everyone for your hospitality!  This is a great tool and I enjoyed learning more about this world of blogging.

God bless!

So here I go...my very first blog.  I don't even know what that word means, but I do know that I love to write and thought this would be a good venue to re-energize my creative writing juices.  I don't exactly have a real plan of what I want to write about, but I know that will come.  Anyone regularly checking in on this blog is likely to at least get a taste of some of the things I am passionate about in my life.  Now, mind you, I don't really expect that there will be people bored enough to read this, but in the off chance one does wind up here in there daily wanderings, some of my likely material would cover

• a passion for studying and applying God's word
• encouragement for others who have the same desire
• sharing funny stories about my work and family
• trying to find balance between my obsession with running and nutrition and "real life"
• stories about our 7 critters (2 large horses, one miniature horse, two dogs, one cat, and one brain damaged bunny....I kid you not)
• a profound thankfulness for the many blessings in my life

So there you go.  This is a rustic and cursory attempt to just see how to use this thing.  I will certainly be back regularly to write more.

Oh, I almost forgot, this song is chosen for two reasons: the first being that it is my son's most favorite song in the whole world.  He is almost four now, but when he was just barely three he started singing the chorus of the song.  The second reason is that the title is quite appropriate...I am trying...trying to learn how to "blog".  Not to mention I love all of Sanctus Real's songs.

I will have to wait until I am on my own computer to add photos.  I have so many of the critters and other fun stuff to share.

For now...God bless you!