The reason I chose to start a blog

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Yes I know, this is not the most original subject for a post but hey, it’s my blog.

About 18 months ago I started following a few bloggers in and around Cape Town; I was fascinated by the world of blogging and all these intelligent things these ladies had to say. I was hooked and would check my emails daily to see if anyone had posted anything new. This was my “me – time” and the family knew and respected that. I don’t have many friends, I’m a loner, and I like my comfort bubble and generally stick to my family (confession).

It was great for me to read about others lives and challenges and align myself with where different people are at in their lives. Just to ensure I was still doing an ok job. Many of these posts where also things which I could relate to. Sometimes at the exact same time. I was blown away. Eventually I got the nerve to comment on a post by someone. This was a big step for me.

Slowly I filtered down the multiple blogs I follow to a just a few, and as I read them I learn. I find these ladies amazing. Their way with words, their knowledge, their openness to sharing their lives, opinions, feedback, reviews, information with the world. I was hooked.

This obsession grew once I started my maternity leave last year, while baby slept I read. I felt connected somehow to these blogs. I back tracked on past post from some. I searched certain categories of others. It’s what kept me sane for those 5 months and I loved it.

All the while I kept thinking I wish I could do something like this. These women sometimes don’t know the great impact they have on others lives, without even meeting them or knowing they exist they help.

I want to document as much as possible that happens in our daily lives, I’m a Wife and Mother and this comes with many challenges. Life is not perfect all the time, far from it. But I like many out there, work through it daily. The highs and the lows.

I’m definitely nowhere near or close to being a great or even good writer. I make many grammatical errors, I suck at punctuation and even with spell check I still slip up. But I want to do this. Even if it means there’s only 1 person who reads this and somehow feels the same connection I once (and still do) feel. Then I’ve done something good.

So this in essence is why I want to be a blogger. Who knows maybe I also have something to share with the world. Here’s hoping.

Till later

LT