Why I’m Blogging

March 18th, 2006

I can’t think of many friends who don’t have a blog. Many use it as a means to talk about themselves, and what they’re doing, or to rant about politics and entertainment.

Me, I’m blogging for life. I’m blogging because I need to realize my own dreams, and pay tribute to those who molded me. In the past few years I’ve lost many mentors - people who taught me that living for today is what makes tomorrow’s dreams come true, even if those dreams belong to someone else.

Last night I flipped through my old photo albums (I’m scanning family photos for one of my aunts, who is creating a database). I cried as I scanned across image after image, half of which had captured the joy of those who have past. My aunt Marian (my aunt by blood, but my true friend because of the relationship we had), Velvet (my best friend from high school), Teckla (my second mother, who introduced me to the love of cooking and taught me that I could survive with little more than two nickels to rub together), and others, graced the pages. These inspirational people lived their lives, and taught me more than any school teacher.

They were intermixed with the living, who also teach me. My parents, my siblings, my former friends. It had been a while since I’d looked at the photos, and last night, they told new stories. That life, itself, is a true journey. And that my dreams, no matter how large or small, are worth pursuing.

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