JoyfulHelpMeet
06-27-2005, 07:53 PM
This is the first message board for writers I have ever joined. My motive is not just to learn more and find out if I am as "oddballish" as I think I am. The circles we "travel in" are very limited. Many people who have similar beliefs, doctrinally and lifestyle, do not have the time or inclination to put their thoughts, and experiences down in writing. Most of the time I am not at a loss for words or thoughts. Actually I am quite a blabbermouth when I can be anonymous. After getting comfortable with people in face-to-face situations, I'm a real jabberer! LOL Guess it is showing already, eh?
My greatest hinderance to writing is time. We homeschool 5 of our 6 children. The oldest finished this year. Many would think I'd be greatly relieved by having one less child to teach. Actually the opposite is true. My heart is grieved and breaking that one of my little fledgling is leaving the nest just for the day time hours, and I won't be there. I'm afraid I'll miss out on something I should be part of, and precious memories will be all I have one day. Is this what most mom's feel on the first day their little one heads off to school??? Is it multiplied because I've never been separated from them for more than a few hours or days by choice?
Well, anyway...back to writing. I love it. In school I hated it because the teachers would limit the topic so much that I felt boxed in. Many life experiences have given me alot to draw from. When I finally fell in love with writing it was because I started to write love letters to my boyfriend. Writing enabled me to voice what I felt, but was unable to verbalize. I poured my heart and soul into them. He in return wrote back in kind.
When I got married and moved 300 mi. away from home, writing was a lifeline for me. It kept me sane. My only means of socialization, fellowship, was by way of the U.S. Mail. It was nothing for me to write 6,8,10 pages or more to my friends. But all this was fodder to prepare me for writing and encouraging other women in similar situations. Which was the reason why we began our print magazine in January '05.
Thank you for letting me blab on and on. I appreciate anyone who actually reads to the end of this message.
My greatest hinderance to writing is time. We homeschool 5 of our 6 children. The oldest finished this year. Many would think I'd be greatly relieved by having one less child to teach. Actually the opposite is true. My heart is grieved and breaking that one of my little fledgling is leaving the nest just for the day time hours, and I won't be there. I'm afraid I'll miss out on something I should be part of, and precious memories will be all I have one day. Is this what most mom's feel on the first day their little one heads off to school??? Is it multiplied because I've never been separated from them for more than a few hours or days by choice?
Well, anyway...back to writing. I love it. In school I hated it because the teachers would limit the topic so much that I felt boxed in. Many life experiences have given me alot to draw from. When I finally fell in love with writing it was because I started to write love letters to my boyfriend. Writing enabled me to voice what I felt, but was unable to verbalize. I poured my heart and soul into them. He in return wrote back in kind.
When I got married and moved 300 mi. away from home, writing was a lifeline for me. It kept me sane. My only means of socialization, fellowship, was by way of the U.S. Mail. It was nothing for me to write 6,8,10 pages or more to my friends. But all this was fodder to prepare me for writing and encouraging other women in similar situations. Which was the reason why we began our print magazine in January '05.
Thank you for letting me blab on and on. I appreciate anyone who actually reads to the end of this message.