That's a Long Time

There is a girl that works for us at The Little Brick House, Ashlley Langford actually.  Anyway, she will be turning 18 in the next couple of months and in a conversation with a few employees today, including Ashlley, I realized that I have kept a journal for everyday of Ashlley's life.  Now, this is the first time that I have ever written about Ashlley in my journal over those soon to be 18 years but wow, that is a long time. 

We got on the subject because on of our employees, Mikey Tagliaferri, was making fun of my handwriting.  Ashlley mentioned that she could actually read it and that it reminded her of her own handwriting.  She must have terrible handwriting if it is like mine.  Anyhow, we got on the subject of handwriting and I talked about how I have years of journals that I cannot read because my handwriting is so bad.  It all just came together at that point as we considered age and time of record keeping.  It gives me a little perspective on things. 

I must say that converting my handwritten journals over to this electronic record has made it much easier to read.  Making my life an open book by allowing others to read my blog has also made a difference.  There were one or two hundred entries previously that probably said the same exact thing and didn't really offer any insight to who I am or how I feel about certain things.  Perhaps it is a good thing they are hard to read.  Anyway this set up helps me to focus a bit on life, to write about more specific things and to leave the daily generalities out of it for the most part.  Life can be pretty boring when all you record is the same thing everyday.    

What's it all for anyway?  I hope that my efforts here somehow bless my family in some small way.  I hope that as my kids grow they will find joy in reading my journals, they will find strength in them as well and they will know that I love them and that I love the Lord.  I hope they will be blessed through my testimony as recorded in different ways in this record and that they will share that with their own families.  I also write to exercise my faith in Jesus Christ.  I believe that blessings come into my life because I faithfully keep this record.  There is a sense of accountability that accompanies this work for me and that strengthens me in times of trial or temptation.  I fully believe that and am filled with gratitude for that blessing in my life and also humbled by it. 

Well, life is wonderful.  There is so much to be grateful for each day.  I sure do love my family and am looking forward to the kids coming home in a couple of weeks.  I have truly missed them.