By Ceekay Krupnik –
I have never been a socialite or a debutante…but I am a blogger.
And as often as I share that information, invariably, someone will ask, what is a blogger?
For those of us who did not grow up beating Mario on a video game or think that a cell phone is another appendage…blogging, simply put, is an online journal.
Don’t feel alone. Four years ago I never heard the word blog. Doctors and friends encouraged to write my feeling in a journal. I tried, but the words seem empty and flat on the paper page. About the same time, I found a few blogs while surfing the web. Finally, I figured out that these were diaries, or journals, just written online.
Oooh, that seemed a little scary. Did I want my words, my thoughts, out for anyone to read? And why would anyone want to read a blog of mine?
I decided to jump in and started my blog Thinkin’ of Home. I chose to write about what I loved most…decorating my home. I started not knowing how to add a picture and I certainly didn’t know what a link to another blog was! But I learned bit by bit, by trial and error. And surprisingly, people were visiting my blog, and leaving me encouraging comments. I started having regular visitors, and yes, eventually blogging friends.
Blogging has opened the world to me. Since having to take a medical retirement, it has given me challenges and opportunities that I would not have had just writing a paper journal. When I didn’t feel like doing a tablescape for a post, I did it anyways, because it was fun and gave me something to look forward to!
There are so many talented people in blogland. I am constantly inspired to try a craft I haven’t tried before. I am encouraged to write my feelings and sometimes, frustrations in print, always to be uplifted by comments from people I have never and may never meet in person.
I enjoy being a Blogger….would you like to join me?
Ceekay Krupnik is a wife, mother, grandmother and author of two blogs – thinkinofhome.blogspot.com and myjourneywithteal.blogspot.com
1 thought on “My Name is Ceekay and I Am a Blogger”
Because of you, I did join the blogging community and found I really enjoy it.
I always enjoy my visit to your blog. The posts and your sense of humor.
Thanks for being a great friend!
Hugs!