Why start a blog now?
Why would I start a blog now? Blogging is dead! Content creators who have made a living with their blog are having to pivot. Seasoned bloggers are creating different streams of income, learning how to tailor their content for AI searches. What is that saying? “One thing that is always certain is change?” It seems pretty funny to me that I would get my stuff together when it looks like the least “smart” time to do it. That’s just how I roll sometimes!
Honestly, I have been “working” on a blog for years. Dreaming it up, writing content, and I even had a free site years ago that I had started quietly. This was back in 2012, and I didn’t care at the time who read it; it was for me. Somewhere to process some things and share my heart. I had just moved with my family across the country and had my mental health fall apart. I needed something for myself at the time.
Fast forward to now, and it was time to share my heart with more intention and purpose. To use my training as a therapist, my own stories of hope and healing and grief, and share my heart yet again. Being vulnerable is always hard. I don’t always like the online space, and I am afraid to open myself up to criticism and potential hate. I’ve seen it happen. We all have. And yet, with all the love and support from my family, I am walking forward.
I want you to know that I will never claim to ever have it together, especially when it comes to my relationship with Jesus. I hesitated to put myself on this platform as I didn’t want others, Christian or not, to think somehow I had it all figured out. I know I have hurt others in the past, as well as being on the receiving end of hurt. This is part of the human condition. We are frail, vulnerable, opinionated, weak, and we can’t help but sometimes bleed all over others. But we are also incredibly strong, capable of such love, sacrificing our needs for others and able to give abundantly.
I am hoping the words I share will bless others. Comfort broken hearts. Heal inner hurts. Help the fragmented parts of our soul come together again. If it only reaches one person, then that is enough. I want to have some fun too here. Things may evolve and jump between the deep and light. I love a heart-to-heart conversation, and I also love to have fun. These last few years have been super challenging. I am always looking for the light and want to bring others with me.
If you don’t believe in Jesus, that’s okay. You are welcome here. We can share about our lives and what we love, what we struggle with, what makes us feel so much anger, hope, brokenness, joy and all the other stuff.
You may have questions, and that’s okay. You may not agree with my beliefs, and that’s okay, too.
We love each other because he loved us first. 1 John 4:19 (NLT)
