Why Blog?

My husband asked me last night why I had started a blog.  My short answer was, why not?  But after much thought and reflection, there is much more to it.

As a middle aged (ugh) woman, I wear several different hats throughout the day:  the mom hat, the wife hat, the good employee hat, the good Christian hat, and I'm sure I can make the list longer if I try.  Depending on which hat I'm wearing, when solicited for an opinion, I could conceivably give a different, yet acceptable and accurate response each time.  It would go like this:  Question:  What's for dinner?  Wife Hat:  I don't know, what would you like?  We could have..... Mom hat:  I haven't decided yet, how about ..... Worker hat:  I'll have to figure that one out on my way home.  Good Christian hat:  I'm not particularly led on one thing or another.  I'll pray for guidance on that one.

Granted this is a very simplistic representation of responses, but the answer is all the same, but phrased in so many different ways depending on the audience. 

My blog however, is a reflection of the real ME. Here I am free to address any issue any way I feel like it.  Read it or don't, I don't care.  If I offend someone, that's the chance you take when you read my blog.  Because that's just it, it's MINE.  I'm certain there will be times that a particular hat will be worn if I feel strongly about something and I am the person wearing the hat (ie  mom hat:  you better not spank my child in school, better yet, you just better not touch my child whoever you are).

But I am writing this blog for me, to express my opinion and to share my thoughts for me.  If someone reads it, great, I hope you enjoy my thoughts and use it as an opportunity to get to know me better.  But my intended audience is the virtual me and I won't be dissuaded to alter my thoughts/responses/answers based on any particular audience.

This should probably be a disclaimer as opposed to a blog.  But it's my blog and I'll just leave it at that.  No juidgement, no need to impress, no need to be someone I'm not or hope to persuade someone to agree with me. 

Just me, my keyboard and my brain.  And my love of God and my hope to share his word with anyone who is interested in knowing him and loving him too.