Day 43 - Follow a Blog

Earlier today I was thinking of what a true blessing this blog has already been to my life in so many ways. It has given me a new, driven direction. It has opened up the lines of communication with so many people in my family line that I haven’t spoken to in many years – as well as friends from the past. It has been emotional but already so healing. It has triggered many memories about my lovely cousin and has given me a new found appreciation for just how beautiful our friendship was. It brought a long overdue trip into my immediate future and that trip resulted in reconnection and the beginning of many beautiful memories with her husband and kids.

With that in mind, I was thinking about how when this whole thing started I wasn’t even sure if I would take it “public”. I was going to make it more like a journal. But I liked the fact that even if I had 1 reader, it would give me a responsibility to finish what I started and never, ever allow myself to skip even 1 day. And now, in only 43 days I have close to 2,000 blog “hits” and that to me is simply overwhelming (in a good way). I am honored and privileged to share the life and memory of Heather. Even the days that I may not be sharing a particular memory, I am hoping to inspire others to live everyday with intention because we just never know when it could be our last.

So, as I was thinking about how many people are reading my blog- it got me thinking that I should actively follow a blog myself. I looked for quite a while for the perfect blog according to what I like and just waited until I found something that really peaked my interest. I pondered following a fashion blog but I really don’t “follow” when it comes to fashion. I have my own style and will continue to honor that. But, anyone that knows me knows that I love all things “shabby chic”. Most of the furniture and craft items I sell are exactly that. So I searched and stumbled on quite a few blogs. But I absolutely loved a particular one called: shabbystory.com. So, I added the link to my phone home screen and will be following this blog from here on. I look forward to going back and catching up on as many as I can. This was a seemingly “small” but lovely intention.


Heather and I in the early 90's