Dear Diary...

Why am I trying this blog thing? I’m not comfortable with the idea that my inner thoughts are available for anyone to peruse, so I don’t post anything deeply personal. My posts are pretty blahhh - so why do it? As I mentioned in my first post, I’ve toyed with the idea of having a journal since I was a wee lad. What always stopped me was the realization that I would never write down anything of substance, because I’d always be afraid someone would eventually find and read what I’d written. So instead of starting a journal in a notebook, I decide to publish one online. Go figure…

I do like the fact that blogging gives me a way to reflect on events of the day, capture random musings so I can give them more thought later, study myself (even if I don’t share what I find out), practice writing, and share what’s going on with me with friends and family. I guess those are some of the reasons I’m doing this. A larger part of the reason is joy of communicating with fellow church members and the camaraderie I feel with certain other bloggers (Summer, Ash, and D-D-Desiree) and the others I’ve “met” through their blogs (pretty much everyone these three have linked to). I think my brother may check in here from time to time as well, and he can catch glimpses of what’s going on in my head and with his nephews and sister-in-law.

I might turn my next couple of posts into an autobiographical sketch; just what the doctor ordered for a case of insomnia…