I have wanted to do this for quite a while now. Thoughts have tumbled around in my head for months. Hopefully I can do those thoughts justice...... At first I was leary about blogging for fear of the ever "time consuming monster" it could and most likely would become. But my love of family history, and desire to finish my life history won out, and I began the "Bod Fam Blog". I have been facinated by family history for years. Probably thanks to my Dad. I remember going to the Family History Library once a week when I was around 11 or 12 years old. I LOVED it, and when we would "find" something we were looking for. "some little peice of our family" Was all we needed to keep digging. As I got older, I fell in love with the stories and books from amazing people who came before me. I don't have as much time these days as I would like to read them, but like to when I can. I would love to read a blog from my grandmothers. Could you imagine reading about and seeing pictures of your parents when they were young? Not just the few that we have, but from their everyday life, and each family trip or vacation? The feelings and desires of your grandparents? Some of us lucky ones have a little bit of that, but not near what a blog can give you the chance to do. I have always had a testimony of Journal writing, but for some reason it is so hard for me to just sit down and write. But, I am at the computer every day, and that is where my pictures are, and it just becomes easier and more fun this way. So for my number one reason...... 1. I blog for me and my family. My posterity. For Documentation. My Journal. etc....
"To you women of today, who are old or young, may I suggest to you that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper, writing is a great discipline. It is a tremendous education effort. It will assist you in various ways, and you will bless the lives of many--now and in the years to come, as you put on paper some of your experiences and some of your musings."--President Gordon B. Hinckley
2. Obedience. My Testimony of this "suggestion" from our beloved Prophet. So I started my blog. It was fun. But then something amazing happened. You start to connect with people... not just for fun, but because of similar trials and interests. You start to learn from these people you love, or may have just met online, and you learn or talk about things you would not have normally. How AWESOME is that? I love that feeling of being understood, or you are not alone in your feelings, or that excitement when you are inspired by someone. I am blessed and amazed by all of YOU - the so strong and talented women that you are. I am inspired by.... *the way you write, and the way you can express yourselves *your compassion *the fun things you do with your families and your kids *the things you create and the imagination that you have *the solutions you have come up with to the problems many of us face *your mothering skills, and the way they inspire me to be a better one I laugh with you, and I cry with you. It has filled a need I didn't even know I had. 3. The connection I have with YOU. So three reasons. There are a few more. But these are the most important and fulfilling for me. Why do you blog?
