Bowing Out

As I said a couple of months ago, I've been wondering for awhile if I should keep up my personal blog. There's this line of wanting to share more, and not being able to...and yet it still seems that some times I share too much.

Between that and the fact that let's be honest- I haven't exactly been making the most frequent of appearances around here, I'm bowing out of my personal blog. I will still keep the family one and my business one going if you want glimpses into our lives, but my rants and raves are for the most part over.

I've had a four year run and it's been nice.

I started blogging when I had no one else to talk and no sounding board. Too often I took my thoughts here instead of to God, and externally processed into a virtual world instead of to Him.

Life is different now.

I'm so grateful to be in a place where I have friends, and a womens group, and a church. To be in a place where I get poured into and further equipped to pour out to others and give back. I feel like for the first time in a long time I'm in the midst of a community of believers acting as the church.

It's been 5 years since I've lived in the same city as some of my closest friends, and about 8 since I was at the same place in life as them. I'm so grateful to have that again. The difference this time is knowing what a gift it is. I'm not taking it for granted and doing my best to be intentional and to give more than I get.

So I'm investing more in that, and more in being a mom, and my budding business. In real life that gives back.

Too often my thoughts on here have been conversations meant to be between just me and the Lord. They needed not have been public, and rarely good came from them being public. My overflow of thought should always be taken to Him. And we're working on that (or should I say He is working on me!)

That said I've had a few of you that cheered me on through many situations and for that I am extremely grateful. You gave me encouragement when it was hard to come by.

So without any further adieu, I bid goodbye to this blog. It's been real.