Hello and welcome to my blog! This is my very first post, so I am only beginning to learn my way around here myself. Thank you so much for visiting!
For a long time I declared that I would not get a blog. I would not surrender to the popular trend. Why should I write down my thoughts in a public setting instead of a private journal? Is it to get attention, to be noticed, to feel interesting and acknowledged? Or is it simply to enjoy sharing thoughts with friends and other bloggers? After much thought and deliberation I finally decided to sign up for a blog. It was inevitable. Every time I thought of something relatively interesting and original, the idea of a blog popped up in my thoughts. Each time I want to comment on my sister's blog I'd sigh at my lack of this popular, but useful (and fun) tool. So, here I am. I'm one of "them" now. The bloggers.
One of the reasons I deliberated whether or not to get a blog was my eclectic and unusual interests. I am a Catholic, interested in historical clothing and sewing, and birding, photography, and the environment. It seems that blogs usually concentrate on one main topic. However, I couldn't choose between my interests so I decided on them all. Hopefully, this is not objectionable to most people. Fortunately, I don't have much to worry about, considering most people who read this are related to me.
I do want to touch on my blog name before I sign off for today. The name, "A Rose in Bloom" was taken from the title of one of my favorite novels by Louisa May Alcott. I also used Sirach 39:13-14, one of my favorite passages.
"Listen, my faithful children: open up your petals, like roses planted near running waters; Send up the sweet odor of incense, break forth in blossoms like the lily. Send up the sweet odor of your hymn of praise; bless the Lord for all he has done!"
I love these verses; they inspire me to be like a "rose near a running waters" every time I read them. I have chosen them as part of my blog name because they are what I try (not very well most of the time) to live out every day.
Thank you for visiting and God bless you!
~Mandy
