Why do I blog?

I've been asked this question allot lately.  If you blog you probably have a distinct answer all your own.  Although we're all distinct and different in our purpose or passion for blogging..I think one thing is true.  We have a creative bug inside of us.  We're the type of people that in the middle of life will say to ourselves....'that would make a good story!'.....or....'I have to take a picture of THAT!'

We are forever trying to CAPTURE life.  It might be with words, pictures, decorative creations.  They all have an expression very much their own.  It's sentimental, expressive and sometimes disarming...to put a little piece of you and your world together and send it out into blog land.

I personally became inspired following the chronicles of various bloggers decorating projects.  I too wanted to document my progress in the world of DIY.  My aspirations to decorate my home soon progressed to the desire to share my heart.  When I shared some trials and tribulations I was having, the responses moved me.  One reader was going through the same type of situation I blogged about.  She expressed how good it felt to know she wasn't alone with the same thoughts and experiences.  We all know how good it feels to know someone 'gets' something we are going through or feeling.  Something I wrote gave comfort to someone who lived 1000 miles away.  wow.  I too have been comforted by other bloggers stories.  Moved by their passions and touched by their heartache.  

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I blog because I like to create, learn and connect with many different people who make up this not so big world.  Regardless of miles, lifestyles or culture we all have a distinct desire to connect with other people...to share our heart, to hear another's.  To blog.

Patti