Time To Get Started

I have had this blog up and running for awhile now, but I haven't done any posts. I have another blog that I maintain for my family, and it's easy to update. Often. With lots of pictures. But what is the purpose of this blog?


At first, after my Dad passed away unexpectedly, I thought it would be a place for me to pour out my sorrow. To post poems and quotes that reminded me of him. Maybe I would write letters to him that he would somehow see in the afterlife. Although I saw the quotes and poems and drafted many letters in my head, I never wrote any down here. I thought that seeing those things in black and white would make me feel more sad rather than relieved that I had it written somewhere. I miss my Dad, and I often let myself forget that he really is gone from this Earth. That he is not living two miles from my house anymore. But the fact is, he is gone. I don't ever want to forget his laugh or the way his eyes sparkled when he was smiling and truly happy about something. I don't want to forget the way his hands looked and felt when he held my hand. I don't want to forget how much he loved working in his yard and flower gardens. And I don't ever want to forget his love for me. But I don't think I will.

My Dad has been gone from my daily life for four years now, but he is still in my daily thoughts. And I know he will stay there forever.

So, the purpose of this blog has changed for me. I still want it to be place where I can record poems and quotes that have meaning to me. I also like to read. A lot. I write down all the books that I read in a journal, but I think this will be a good place for me to post reviews of books as well. I often have thoughts about a variety of things, from current events to daily living, and I just want to write them down somewhere. That's what inspired the name, "I Was Just Thinking". Sometimes I am just thinking, and I want to record and remember those thoughts.

I am not a writer, by any means, but I have always liked writing. I kept a journal in high school and college, and I was a faithful penpal to many back in the day when writing letters was what one did before sending an email or text message. I miss writing letters. I miss writing in a journal. But I am also thankful for advances in technology, my laptop, and the ease of "journaling" on a blog. Right now, I am sitting in the car while my husband drives my family on a cross-country vacation. I am bored. So I decided this is it. It's time to get started. I have a purpose, sort of, and no grand expectations that my blog will be read by anyone other than me. But I have some thoughts today, and I want to record them.

So here goes nothing!