Have You Lost Your Blogging Passion?

When I first started my blog, I loved it and nurtured it and focused on

it daily.  As my blogging world grew, I met so many new people who

shared this passion and the excitement level was always on high.  There 

were parties to join and themes that provided the chance to share

creations.  It was a whirlwind of happy activity and my life revolved

around it.

I remember people asking me ~ what is a blog and what will this do

for you?  In the early days of this blog, I didn't know what I expected,

I just knew that I loved reading blogs and wanted to be part of the

whole scene.  

It was like tending a garden and watching seeds grow.  There was the

thrill of seeing what was once one little blog post, grow into many new

posts and readers.  In those early days, every activity became a potential

blog post.   My husband teased me about it continually.  I cannot tell 

you how many times I heard him say Is this a blog post???  As the days

and weeks went by, my Mom got involved in the excitement too.  She

would call and say What do you think about this idea for a blog post?

The whole family was immersed in this new world.

Just when I thought I had run out of ideas, another holiday or season 

rolled around and suddenly the creative juices were on high alert.  I 

could hardly wait to pull out dishes and props and set the scene for yet

another vignette.  If creativity is a drug, vignettes became my vehicle

to ecstasy.  Every shopping trip became an expedition for new props

that would add to my cache of creations.  Suddenly my cabinets were

overflowing with necessary items to convey a mood or party theme.

Blogging has it's seasons too.  There comes a time when the life and 

vibrancy of a blog begins to wain.  The creative light begins to dim and

the enthusiasm starts to slip away.  Many of the blogs I once followed have

disappeared.  Some bloggers have changed their formats and others have

just hung up their aprons.  

Technology has changed everything too.  Everything is faster and blogs

begin to pale in comparison to formats like Instagram and Facebook where

the response is quick and the posting is seemingly effortless.  I used to carry

a small camera with me everywhere to snap pics.  I used my Cannon to 

work at home.  There were so many more steps involved in creating a 

blog post.  Now I use my iPhone for photos and editing and speedy uploads

to a variety of social media platforms.  It's changed my world completely.

In a way, blogging has become like letter writing.  We don't write letters

as we once did.  We text and share our news on Facebook, yet receiving a

hand written note brings us so much closer to the author.  It's personal, it's 

lasting, it stays in our memory longer than a text.  The carefully formed 

letters on a piece of stationary are unique to it's writer and become treasured

more and more by it's recipient as the years pass.

While my passion for blogging has taken a vacation recently,  I have

decided that there still is a place for it in my life.  It is evolving just as

the world is evolving around me.  It may not be speedy or shiny and

bright as some new platforms, but it still has a place in my heart and 

hope that it will in yours too.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley