I enjoy blogging. Writing has always been one of my primary tools for processing emotions, change, and significant life events and this month was full of such events. On the upside this made for a lot of available blog fodder and I rarely found myself drawing a blank as to what to write about. In fact I was more likely to have a need to write about something I didn't want to yet share, than I was to have a desire to share and found I had no topic to write about.
This month my blog contained far more personal emotional expression than it usually does. This was, I think, a good exercise for me because I often tend to keep painful things close - usually out of shame, embarrassment or simply not wanting to seem a bother. But the events of the past several weeks were overwhelming and I actually found myself unable to contain them. I was grateful to have this forum as well as my friends and family as support.
I discovered too that my writing did not benefit just me. Several people shared their feelings on what I wrote. Through comments, emails and a few face to face conversations, people shared what resonated with them and expressed that my experience helped them in some way. They felt a little more connected, a little less alone.
I can't really ask for a better compliment than that. Connection and understanding are things we all need and if this blog provides some of that in even a small way it is worth the time and effort I put into it.
I've one more post to go. Thank you for taking the time to read these posts, for sharing them and commenting on them. Thank you for connecting.
Peace.
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