There are a lot of voices on the internet. Voices of authority, rambling, education, miseducation, questions, and pure noise dominate our social media feeds. As such, my goal is to not drown you in too much content. Rather, I hope to share with you (along with Shari) about some things that are currently on our minds and hearts. One thing that I have discovered in recent years is that even though most of us are incredibly different in terms of our interests and identity markers, we still are able to connect through it all. In essence maybe something I am thinking about is something you are interested in or want to hear about. Perhaps not. A great fear I have with blog writing is putting a lot of effort into it to only be considered completely irrelevant. To be fair that could still happen. But why not use my voice and that of another smart, beautiful, and creative woman to try and make some connections with friends both old and to come alike?
When I was living in Spain, I had to redefine most of my life. Some people stayed. Some people left. Things I cared about naturally changed. I was alone… well, alone with my husband. It was there I learned that communicating with people in my life and some of those voices I found online helped me to re-center and structure my core value and belief system of myself. Content in all forms is powerful. It’s connective. My goal in this journey with Shari is to be a safe place to land. Maybe one week you will read about my struggles identifying as a Hispanic woman. The next might be about my super delicious homemade almond milk recipe. One week I will probably cover the resentment AND joy I feel with my decision to be home with my daughter. That is a conflicting journey and one that, I have learned, is super divisive among women.
I don’t have any great words of wisdom or even anything that makes me more special and important than that of those other voices on the Internet. All I have is the desire to get real. With a loyal friend by my side, I know I will be held accountable to keeping it real. I hope we make you laugh. I hope we make you think. I hope we keep you coming back. Even if our friends are the only people that ever read this, I know it will mean something to you all. And that’s enough for me. Though, I would not turn down instant success that is colored by a little bit of cash, book deals, and movie rights… Actually, no movie. No, no, no. I dislike a lot of eyes on me. It makes me nervous and very shy. So I think I will just stick to blogging.
See you next week.
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