How Blogging Changed My Life

(Go ahead and make fun of my dramatic post title. See if I care!)

My first friend to start a blog was Kate. She was always encouraging me to check it, and I was like "Wait, what's a blog?" and "Why don't you just email me pictures of your NY trip?"

I didn't get it.

Emily was next. She got me interested in starting Mrs.Cropper'sBooks. She (and my other friends) continued to encourage me to start a personal blog and I said--I kid you not--"What on earth do I have to say?" Emily told me, "Anne, blogging has changed the way I live my life. I see my life through the lens of my blog. I look at who I am and what I do with my children differently. I want to do something blogworthy every day."

I still didn't get it.

Then one day I decided cupcakes could change my life (and I was so right!)and why not start a blog about it?

And, two years later, I found myself teaching a workshop on blogging to a group of Relief Society gals. And guess what, Em? I found myself telling them, "Blogging has changed my life. I see my life through the lens of my blog. I look at other blogs and see the amazing things people are doing and creating and experiencing with their children. I want that for me and my family. So I try to do something every day that is blogworthy. Not because I want my life to appear cool. Because I want my life to actually be that cool."

On our blogworthy list today:

play outside ALL DAY

including washing the car/water fight

smoothies and books for lunch

make apple crisp for Family Home Evening