Blogging

I am trying to really understand this blog thing. I see other people's and they seem to flow and have some kind of design. So the first thing I am going to work on is figuring it out.

I really want to write about my life. I think if I did it right, it would be interesting. I tried to find an online journal/diary, but really didn't see anything I liked. So here I am again. I did the 2009 road trip blog, for which I am glad, but didn't get the technology of it quite figured out. I want the pictures that go with the text to stay together.

Also, I am working on being more transparent about my life and my choices, and the hard stuff as well as the good parts. I fight against "everything is fine." As much as I dearly loved my mother, that is a fault that I inherited from her, which I have realized makes having real relationships almost impossible. So I want to be honest and open here, not knowing who will read it at this point, or who I will deliberately share it with yet, but just wanting to write and share something that will be meaningful to both me and the reader.