chasing blogs

Yes, I have been. Chasing blogs. Tell me if you read any that you love. See, I have been shocked. I understand the value of blogging. It's like external journaling and you get feedback. Somehow some people get paid to do it. If I could I would. I think you have to be willing to opinion a bit more and dialogue with people who hate or disagree with you. I think you have to let people call you bad names and use it as fuel or to help you see you are doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing. Maybe one day. Back to blogging - I have been searching for blogs worth reading. I'm sure there are some. I find some person then I find out they are famous, then I research them, and OH, wouldn't you know it.. scandal attached to their name. Not just like people calling them heretics, I'm fine with that. But bad stories people want to hide. I don't know what I'm looking for. I'm trying to replace facebook. What I should really do is go to the library and take out some really great books. Any great books to recommend? I am working through "THE COMPOUND EFFECT." Highly recommended. Life changing. (by the way I am at a coffee shop watching a 2nd time around couple say goodbye -overheard her talking about being divorced.. they are older, not married, but clearly on a date... in the parking lot. Suddenly their chatter is nervous and animated and and excitable, as if they want but don't know how to say goodbye... maybe he wants to kiss her. They didn't. Bye couple. Best wishes.)

 Back to blogs.. I'm looking for people who think, who love, who venture. People who have a way with words, but don't make me feel like they are perfect or I have to do what they do or have done. I research people that I respect to see if they have blogs, but they don't. Or if they do, they are lame little updates or sermon excerpts, nothing journalistic at all. Actually, I looked up Kim Walker-Smith's blog www.onlyloveremains.com and she had everything from her thoughts on hair to answering people's questions about being single.

 The wind is blowing today. Hard. It is supposed to storm tomorrow. Maybe I will be able to convince the kids to walk barefoot in the rain. Or ride their bikes shirtless. They're little. It's ok. We will be home, because we homeschool. We are, surprising enough to me, or have been designated "special needs." Never saw that coming. Autism spectrum has even entered my existence. NEVER saw that one coming. NEVER. So we do school different. We count bananas at the grocery store. We paint cheap figurines from the dollar store. The other day Noah, while painting, declared he created a new color called, "sour cream." Ranen ate the paint. So I'm looking for blogs. For people who are living things they didn't see coming... not from smart people who have everything figured out. I feel as if I am on the verge of absolutely loving my life. I feel like it is rounding out. Because of the term "Autism" people come to my house now and spend time with my boy. People I trust. People who are patient. Because of the term "special needs" I no longer push my boys to learn to read, to add, to write, to draw. We work on some things, but I mostly say, "Hey, I have an idea.. let's make a movie" or "let's do a science experiment".. or something I know they love to do. It's a very rich way to live. It makes me want to do things I love to do too.

 So, know any blogs? Know any books? Songs? The other day I ran across Jeremy Lyn's youtube videos. Hilarious. Inspiring.. People do great stuff out there, and sometimes it's not the ones you expect. Like my friend..www.apursefulloftrinkets.blogspot.ca/ one of my most favorite people to read. What about you?

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Shiloh*~ said…
Hi Heidi! I love the way YOU blog! i don't have blogging figured out yet either, but I'm trying. A good book I just finished reading this summer is 'Kisses from Katie' by Katie Davis. Now I'm nearly through 'The Mystery of Marriage' by Mike Mason (from Langley, BC). That one's scary and enticing all at once. Marriage sounds complex and horrible and wonderful all at once. Still not sure whether I'll jump on that train, or stay focused on loving parents and brothers and sister-in-loves and nieces and nephews and other people Father God brings into my life...like you! I miss you and your beautiful family! Hope I can come to BC soon!
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Shiloh*~ said…
Hope I did not sound too down on marriage in that last comment. Really, I think it is a Beautiful thing! Just way more to think about after having read this author's reflections and observations on how and why God created it. BTW, my sister-in-love, Katie Peterson homeschools too, so if you ever run out of fun ways to learn, check out her blog: http://katescreativekitchen.blogspot.ca/
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