Hey y’all guess who’s back, back again. Back to say goodbye (wipes tear). No, seriously it’s been lovely writing to you all (crickets chirp, because the audience is actually vacant), along the way I’ve truly learned a lot about myself, especially since all the while I imagined that my blog was being read by all the great writers, or maybe some future fans that searched my name up after finishing my book and found this hidden in the depths of the internet (I promise you can read this even if you aren’t me or my future kids). This class has really helped me take myself seriously as a writer, but also shown me that I should write for myself as I have always been and yet not be afraid to let others see me, the writer me, even if she is vulnerable and passionate and still unsure of who she is (please excuse how corny this is, when I wrote it I was being sincere). I feel stronger, more encouraged and certainly lucky to have shared this journey with you beautiful folks.

When I was first informed that I needed to start a blog, I was actually very literally shooketh (urban dictionary it if you don’t get it). I mean there’s only one thing I hate more than sharing my writing (and therefore my emotions, myself) with people and that is the pressure of having to know if it’s liked or how much it’s liked. I’m the type of person that posts a photo to Facebook or Instagram and watches for likes (and deletes the picture if it doesn’t get more than 20 likes in the span of 4hrs, depending on the time of day, of course, I’ve got it all figured out), so this was definitely a struggle. It’s been fun though, kind of like struggling through a project and then being so proud when you see the finished result because you know it came from you, and all your hard work and determination. I’d like to thank you all for being there, right beside me (likely laughing at my foolishness or perhaps judging me secretly) as I poured my heart and soul into this blog and I’d like (please I’m begging) if you could join me as I switch platforms sometime in the short future. On my next blog I will be sharing some excerpts from a book I’ve been working on as well as some other pieces I’m passionate about.

I love and appreciate you more than you could ever know! I’ll be posting the link to my next blog as soon as it’s up and running and I really hope to see you there. So as my grandmother always says, “I’ll do you like the farmer did the potato, plant you now and dig you later”.