Why Not & Who I Am

Why Not

Why not have my own blog. After all I have been fascinated with the idea of online journals/blogs since I found my first and still favorite years ago. It wasn't until I found this site a few weeks ago that I started to get the bug to have my own. I mean it is free. How can you beat that.

I like blogs because they show me a slice of someone else's life. I like seeing the similarities and the difference between my life and the lives I read about. I find it fascinating that some folks can be so very painfully open, telling the most intimate details about their lives; while other bloggers practice a more public openness, (talking about issues that while controversial, still find wide public acceptance, such as gay marriage or how very irritating their mothers are) and still others write a blog that could be read by their mother, their third grade teacher or even the local parish priest.

I like the wide range of issues people write about, everything from what music they are currently listening to or trying to lose weight to dealing with miscarriages or trying to adopt a child.

I like seeing how different people cope with hard times and good times. Often I can see some of myself in the way they handle things, even if I haven't been through a similar experience. I like that sometimes the blogger surprises me because they see things and handle things in a way that I would never have thought of, but learn from. I like that even though we may have similarities everyone is different.

Who I Am

I am a middle aged woman,married to the love of my life for almost 15 years. We have 2 sons, ages 11 and 13. I have worked for the same company for most of my adult life. While I love my job a job in management is opening up soon. I want that promotion even though the idea of being a manager scares me.