Inspired to Write

I am not entirely sure why I find it so hard to get on and write a post. I would be writing about my gorgeous family and while we keep things simple, my boys still fill my life with adventure. Recently I have had a few examples that made me really want to crack down on this blog. One of my friends has been blogging for years. She is an excellent writer and thanks to her talent once a year she orders a hard cover book of her blog for that year. Now she has a beautiful book full of her family's adventures and pictures from that year. I heard about this and all I could think was, I want that! It then hit me that I would have to work for it. But it's more than worth it! Why??

Because. . .

1. I could potentially have years of books full of memories and pictures. (Goodbye boring scrapbooks!)

2. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the prophets of our church have asked us to keep journals. I have never been good at this but if I think about it, blogging is the modern day journal.

3. To look back on my life and see where I've been so that I can see how my family and I have grown! That is so special and would give me appreciation for my family.

4. This could develope a talent. I would say that I am not much of a writer now and I know I have a lot to learn but the only way to grow is to do!

I am sure if I put my mind to it I could think of many more reasons to why blogging is important and why it can be so good for me to do. The person above is what I want to become. I want to have years of stories to read! The reason I am on today is because another dear friend of mine, Holly Blau, is expecting twins. She has an 11 month old already and I know she felt certain with the combo that she would have many stories to tell. She told me that she was going to start blogging and once again I was hit with that feeling of "I want to do that"! So here I am! Now I'll publish this rather boring post so that I can write one about my family. I just knew I had to write this for myself so that I can read it and hopefully remember that feeling of inspiration when I start slacking on writing. Remember this future me...

1. And old proverb recently quoted by Dieter F. Uchtdorf; "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now." Plant the tree! Write away our stories.

2. Have confidence. I know what I am feeling right now. I don't have confidence in my writing, I feel slightly embarrassed to put myself out there for people to read. In fact I don't want to post this because I do not think it is good enough. I think I will be embarrassed to reread it when I am older, more mature. Well don't think about this. Just write. Some of it will sound stupid but the memories are more important than how "story-like" they sound. Do not care about what it is but what it will become.

3. Always consider the future. Think about your children, and their children to come. Some day I won't be around to tell the stories and I know I will surely forget the stories long before that. This is for the future generations to have a piece of this lifetime. I would love to read journals of my grandparents. I would love to see what they went through. Know what is important and everything will fall into place.