This blog has been a long time coming. To be honest, it’s a dream that’s been in the works for a few years at this point. I’ve sat down and considered how to go about creating it multiple times and for some reason, it hasn’t been until now that the follow-through has flared up for me. The technological knowledge required to get that oh so pleasing blog aesthetic may be a bit behind the writing, but hey, it’s a start.

Writing, to me, is a lot like Dumbledore’s pensieve. If you’re familiar with Harry Potter, you’ll know that the revered elderly wizard, Dumbledore, has a number of interesting trinkets in his office, but one of the most frequently seen in the books is his pensive. It’s a collection of memories, stored in a bowl. Whenever Dumbledore feels that his head is too crowded with thoughts, he simple puts a wand to his temple, extracts the memory in the form of a liquid/gas substance, and drops it in the bowl to puruse “at his leisure.” It provides him the opportunity to watch his memories and free up some much needed brain space. As a reader of the books, I’m thankful he took the time to clear his head because his wisdom proved to be quite essential.

So right now you’re probably asking, “OK, pensieves are cool, I guess, but why does it matter?”

I’ve had a few different blog urls through Adventures in Missions, the organization that I’ve been partnered with for over 4 years now. While those blogs have been a great learning space to get excited about writing and realize that I really do love it, I’ve wanted to have a space that was my own. Not having that has left me feeling a bit emotionally constipated because writing, like Dumbledore’s pensieve, is a release for me. It helps me gain understanding and come to conclusions from thoughts that have been swirling around. While it helps me, I hope that this proves to be a place that helps others as well. Enough people have encouraged me in writing that it seemed silly to not finally jump in, be brave, and get more serious about this dream of mine.

All this to say, welcome to my pensieve. I’m still in the developing process of what this space will be, but I’m glad that I’ve finally, FINALLY, started it. My goal was to have it at least up and running before 2019 and here we are!