Starting, Finally

In the summer of 2017, I was preparing to leave for four months in Ghana. I knew that I wanted to document my journey, and be able to share it with as many people as possible. “Why not create a blog?” I had high hopes of sharing bi-weekly stories about my Ghanaian adventures for the masses. I even created a Wordpress account! And never posted a thing.

I could blame it on the power surge that my laptop experienced a few days into my program, but the truth is I was scared. “Who cares about me studying abroad except for my closest friends and family?” “Who would want to read about visiting Ghana?” These were some of the intrusive thoughts that held me back from ever making a blog post. So, I journaled instead, and posted here and there on my Instagram page. When I came home that December, I printed out my journal entries and made a scrap book with all of my pictures from the prior four months. And shared it with my close friends and family.

Since then, every time I have experienced something monumental (homeownership, motherhood, even going back to school for my Masters degree), I’ve told myself and my friends that I wanted to blog about this current moment in my life and never did. I guess part of it is the fear of being uninteresting. But today, I am releasing that fear, and just doing the thing that I have been speaking on for years.

So pull up a chair, grab a glass of something good, and welcome to my blog. The place where I share the monumental to the insignificant. I hope that you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing!