Announcement: An Introduction
HELLO fellow blogging community and friends! My name is Kristy and I know nothing about what it takes to manage a blog, but I am eager to learn and see where this little venture will take me. However, I am most excited about learning more about myself in the process; I am curious by nature.
I’ll say upfront that I don’t consider myself particularly witty, introspective, thought-provoking or other “capturing” adjectives that would make for an exciting, grab-my-attention blog, but I do think. A lot. I have just struggled with how to convey my thoughts in a palatable and accessible way. I hope that through this blog, I can grow and stretch this weakness and find my voice.
Why did I decide to start a blog? As with most humans in this crazy game of life, I have been battling a few things that have made me pause to evaluate what I find important, what defines my values and what shapes my beliefs. I don’t think that I will ever have it all pretty and neatly packaged because life takes you in all sorts of directions and challenges you in ways you never expected, so I think it’s a constant learning experience and won’t every be “completed”, but I do feel that you can hone in on those specific over-arcing “themes” that shape you. Those themes that drive and motivate your behaviors and choices. You can find the core to which all things are evaluated against. Because I came to this personal “pause and reflect” moment, I made the choice to be bold, take a risk, allow myself to be vulnerable and share my story - whether anyone comes along for the journey or not. It’s an opportunity for me to get out of my head.
I want to share all aspects of my little version of life and see what shapes up. So brace for anything - but my interests tend to center around: food and wine, travel, music, theatre, art and architecture, culture, history, health, wellness and my faith...which makes me so unique, right? Ha. And I won’t put the pressure on myself to make every entry something truly defining or dripping with meaning. This is to be fun and provide me a creative outlet. There will most certainly be lots of talk about FOOD. I love it, even if I cannot eat it right now. (More on that later!)
I don’t know how you stumbled across this, but glad you did. YOU MATTER and I think it’s fascinating that for this brief little moment in time, WE ARE CONNECTED when we might not have ever been able to cross paths otherwise. Neat.