on your mark...

my first blog... i have been turning down the idea of a blog, or online diary for quite some time now-- i am pretty much stuck in my ways by now, the way of paper journals and ink. but i have finally decided to give this thing a shot, mostly because i hope it will be another way that family and friends can know me. i would like to share my experiences, thoughts, and feelings-- trials i endure, decisions i make, lessons i learn, encouragement i encounter... in order that: a) i myself may process through and keep record of these things, and b) hopefully encourage or comfort or challenge even one person who may read these words of mine. ultimately, i hope that it will be to the glory of God in some way. and so i begin...