Introduction

I love to write for many reasons... to express myself, and to keep my writing skills honed, just to name a couple. Sometimes, it feels like a sweet release. Some people use a punching bag... or the restroom - I write.

Another reason I write is to record memories. I take pictures, too. I believe pictures are a thousand words, but what happens to those moments you aren't able to catch? All you have is your memory, and sometimes, you can't even trust it because it fades. Words stay around forever (especially on a free blog on the internet... Thanks, Google).

I have another blog I use primarily to express my personal experiences with God, faith, love, and trust - the whole works. I usually only write it in when I'm deeply prompted to by the Holy Spirit, mainly because I'm too busy to write. So when He says to write, I make sure to do so.

I wanted to make another blog (this one) for a different purpose -- my family. My husband, An, and I have been married for a year, 7 months, and 9 days... and I'm 12 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I want our children to be able to do something neither my husband nor I got the opportunity to do... to recount the days that existed in their family before they can remember. I want us to be able to do that same, too. It's the same reason we pay for wedding videos and maybe even write our own vows -- to be able to look back at them years later and feel an emotion we completely forgot the feeling of. It's a beautiful thing...

So, here's to precious moments, challenging moments, tears of joy, and above all, true love...