Quite Simply, So Lovely

My writing fingers itched and my creative juices began bubbling as I helped my girls create their own blogs this week. What a joy, as a mother, to watch my babies find their young woman voice and have the courage and boldness to share the same with the world. They, as they often do, inspired me. I was inspired to return to work, once again, on my own blog. 

For the past six years I have been blogging at abettercircus.blogspot.com. I wrote about a lot and a whole lot of nothing. It was an early attempt to challenge myself to share my ideas and writing and, in that sense, it was a success. What is wasn't was focused, intentional and often, sadly, authentic. As I read my early posts, they seem so guarded, the work of a nervous woman still scared what people would think of her genuine opinions, writing skills and perspective.

Six years later, my writing voice is still shaky, uncertain and yes, nervous. But, happily, and hopefully noticeably, less so.  There is a confidence that comes only with getting older. It is a lovely gift that seems to imeasurabely make-up for the gifts of wrinkles and gray hair that also come with getting older. As I age, I care less what others think and more about being the woman God created me to be. This, dear friends, is a rich blessing.

So, while I am not sure where this new blog will take me, or what its topics will encompass, my hope is that it will be real. It will be authentic. It will be quite simply, so lovely.