Blog Theory

I must confess that I am a little unsure of why I write this blog. Certainly I feel an urge to "journal" things that have occurred or are occurring in my life. Now that I am married, I find that there are significantly more things that occur that I find really worthy of writing down, since they are so interesting and exciting to me. The "to me" is the operative piece of that sentence. Some of the events of my daily life are shocking and awe-inspiring to me, but I am not sure whether they would provide anything of value to a random reader. And, if you know my wife and I, or our families, some of the daily events I may write about could be too personal for us to explain in an open(-ish) forum. I also have to fight the feeling that writing with the assumption that anyone really cares what I have to say, or that I can provide helpful information for anyone else is highly egotistical. If I am writing this for myself only, as a journal for my private thoughts, why in god's name and I publishing them.
Now it's possible that as I write more, I could actually provide constructive information about my life, my wife and my family, for anyone that may want to keep up with our lives. It's also possible that I can provide through my experiences helpful information to others who could be experiencing similar events in their life. It is certainly my hope that this small piece of blogosphere where I selectively narrate my very ordinary life could be something to someone. Whether our families get sneak peeks at the daily routine, or friends learn something they have been dying to know, I hope that at some point this blog will be an interesting read.