Picking Up the Pieces

I've always loved to going through old photos. Or reading the pages of an old journal that I've poured my heart into. Fond memories, heartbreaking memories, mundane memories. There is something about reminiscing that makes my heart skip a beat. Reminiscing makes me feel warm inside, like a blanket of memories wrapped around my heart. I could sit and reminisce with a long time friend over coffee for hours.  I could reminisce with my siblings about our lives growing up. But I think I'm most fond of reminiscing when I'm alone. Whether it's sitting with a box of old photos, a stack of old journals, or website full of blog posts, it's something that makes my heart happy. I enjoy pouring over memories that only I can relive, because they are my memories. And that's exactly what I've found myself doing tonight. 

I've thought about picking up blogging again. I've thought about it a lot actually.  Since the dawn of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and the million other forms of social media, I feel as though blogging has been lost in the sea of ways to connect. Even though I can appreciate the various forms of social media, I feel as though the personal connection that can come through blogging has been lost. I would much rather connect with people in person, but when those moments can't happen for whatever reason, I am thankful for outlets such as blogging. 10 years ago I sat at my computer and created my very first blog. Much of those first few post were silly. But I slowed shared my heart in so many post that would follow. Heartache to joy and everything in between. Looking back now, those mundane posts don't seem so mundane any more. There are photos I've posted that I no longer have, that seeing again brought me to tears. There are memories I had long since forgotten about that quickly came back to me simply by reading them on the screen in front of me. What a blessing my blog has been. It is for those very reasons that my hearts desire is to begin to share those parts of my life again in my blog. 

I may not blog every day. I would like to say that I would, however, like to blog at least every week. But let's be real here, life is crazy. Some times I may have more time on my hands to blog more often. While other times, I may be lucky to blog once a month. But I want to commit to chronicle my life like I once did. So maybe 10 years from now I can look back again with a grateful heart over memories I've shared. 

Until next time my friends...