Beauty 365 … Stories of Love and Life for Everyday

Day 30 of our lock-down journey. Day 30! Wow! That means a month of blogging each and every day. All at the same time I feel a mixture of shock, amazement, exhaustion, exhilaration and trepidation about what is yet to come!

To be honest, on Day 3 I was ready to throw in the towel. What on earth could have possessed me to think that I could write something every day!?  Doubt hung thickly over the whole crazy project.

I guess when I made a commitment to daily blogs, and had the gumption (or foolishness) to put that commitment in writing, I didn’t really know what I was getting myself in for, nor did my dear family understand what I was getting them in for!

For one, I had no idea that lock-down would last quite as long as it has. I had imagined that it would maybe last until Easter, at the max.

My poor dear family has been put through the ringer. They only have to sneeze and I threaten to write a blog about it. And I have been pretty liberal with my photo taking. I only have to pick up my phone and the kids duck for cover!

This daily writing has certainly become a creative outlet. For me, finding the right words to convey the right meanings and to evoke the right emotions has become an art form. Some days it flows more easily than others!! I spent an hour trying to think of the word ‘protocol’ in my previous post!

On the days when I lack courage, recalling the original intention of my writing is helpful.  It is recorded in the very first blog entry of our lock-down journey: “to share something small about the joy of living,” and to make readers  “smile, laugh, and generally see life through rose-coloured glasses” during the storm of this pandemic. That’s a pretty worthwhile intention!

So, what seemed impossible on Day 3, by the grace of God has become possible. When will this lock-down journey blogging come to its conclusion? I don’t know, but until then, by the grace of God, I will keep blogging on….and on…

(Dear reader, these roses are for you. Thank you for your love, encouragement, and listening ear.)