A New Beginning

Hello!

I've thought about doing something like this for a long time. I am always putting stories together in my head and thinking I should write them down and when I share my stories, my friends ask me if I'm writing a book. I'm not an educated writer, meaning I've never taken a writing class. I love to read, but the idea of writing a book is overwhelming. I find the ironies of life amusing, sometimes sad, sometimes outrageous and I like to share those things.

I have to say, my first struggle was trying to figure out what to call this blog. Gah! My first writers block! I sat here looking at a blank screen and blinking cursor and thinking, who am I? What am I? How do I identify myself? What do I want to say in a title? Some people are so creative, they have a strong attachment to something they do, a hobby, kids.....something. I'm in transition, I think. My email address says shopgirl825. That was back when I was a store owner, with an address of 825 Massachusetts, so I joined the two together. But I'm not a shopgirl anymore. I'm a mom of 2 teenagers, but I'm so much more than a momof2teens. I have a new job in the Chemistry Department, but lets' face it, I'm not an academic nor do I identify myself as a chemgem. I thought of the names of newspapers I'm familiar with. The Star, Journal, Sentinel, Intelligencer, Times, Daily. Daily! Aha-the Daily Deanne! No-too much pressure, what if I don't write daily? So, as I begin to think about what this blog is all about, it's journaling, it's a public diary, and the Thesaurus recommended Daybook as an alternative. I liked it. Not too pretentious, no underlying expectations, just a place where I can enter my thoughts, any old day.