Getting started... my first blog... July 31, 2013

Welll, y'all.... here I am~!  My very first line on my Blog.  I had a "time" trying to just find a name for this blog, seemed like all of the first things I came up with were taken. So then, I turned to a friend, who has pushed me (lovingly) to this point, and asked for some suggestions... SHE came up with the title I really liked, LAUGHTER, TEARS AND SUNSHINE! I think it fits for me, whatta ya think? As well, I feel it is very apropos, to have chosen this, since she IS the one who prompted me to do this blogging thing. (Thank you, Peggy!) Yes, throughout my life, there have been a few others who have always told me to WRITE! Even one or two who have said, "You could write a book!". (Thank you, Mary Jane!) Well, that is still a dream, but now I'm wondering... may be a possibility?  Well, let's just keep it simple now, as I try to write lines of what ever is coming out of my mind.... MAYBE SOME DAY.... a book?  Now THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!  Thank you to all of you, and I think you know who you are, for always telling me that I should WRITE!

I have been writing in some form or fashion, since I was "knee-high to a door knob".  I have bits of paper, here and there, and un-finished journals in this or that box, SOMEwhere.  I thought .... do I have to collect all of those, and start from THERE? Ohhh gosh, I would never have gotten to this point. So, my friend says..."just start from now", and write what you want... soooo here we go.  

I sometimes may write tooooo much, or maybe not enough (????) but always I will write from my heart. I hope that what I write may help someone else, in some way, and I also hope that what I write will never hurt anyone, in any way.  But I want you to know right here, right now... all I write just comes from my heart! It may come from my experiences or others, but I will always do my very best not to embarrass anyone, or hurt anyone, by my words.  That old saying, "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but WORDS will never hurt me."... No way, NOT TRUE!  Words can and do hurt sometimes when said in the wrong way, at the wrong time, or maybe just taken in the wrong context.  It is not easy to write so that the other person can truly know your intent, completely, because they are reading the words as they would, not necessarily how you would want them to sound, so I gotta remember these things, so as not to hurt with my words.  That all being said, if anything you read that I write, does hurt, just write me a private note, and let me know, and we will work it out.  I will always try to protect the innocent, as they say, and try not to cause trouble or discord between others with my words! Now then, all THAT being said.... 

Please BEAR WITH ME.... although not real new at writing, I am certainly new with writing so that others can read what I write. I hope that sometimes you will be able to read between the lines, or understand maybe what I cannot put into words.  Writing is sometimes easy, sometimes not!  Sometimes I get to going, and my fingers get way ahead of my mind.  Whew!  Was I ever glad for the typewriter!  And now the COMPUTER!  I still love LONG-HAND writing, but my old fingers just can no longer hold out. This way I can write and erase and adjust and rewrite, and lo and behold hopefully when all is said and done (or written and erased and rewritten) it will show up here as I want it to!  

As you see by now.... I am a TALKER! ... even as I talk, I write.... LOTS or much!  haha... Maybe sometimes too much.... rarely not enough.  So if you get tired of all the blah, blah, blah... take a break and come back... please.  BEAR WITH ME... some days I may keep it short!  Whatever the case... here I am with my FIRST BLOG... feels kinda like I am writing a book. I can hear you now... "IT sure does! Will this first entry ever be finished?"

Ok, ok... for now I will stop. But only because I reeeally should get up and get dressed and do something else, I guess.  But I have a feeling my laptop and I are going to be even better friends now that I have this blog going. Poor laptop, I'll do my best to keep you coooool! Whew! But when the words flow they flow. Gotta write when it's HOT! (Alright, I will jot down notes and thoughts from time to time on paper and give you a break, Laptop!) 

Thanks to all of you have been patiently reading this. Know that your love and encouragement means more to me than I can ever say. But if you will, keep it coming, ok?  I will need it some days to keep this up. On those days, consider yourself HUGGED! TTFN = Ta Ta Ta For Now... you will be hearing alot of that too!  Blessings,  <3 ~me