Well, it seems I still have a blog! At least I'll find out as soon as I publish this if it still works.
I can't even tell when the last post was made, but I can tell that it was before cancer.
And today is after cancer. I still have my blog on Caring Bridge. I've had such a good response to that and so many people have commented on my writing. But I didn't start that to write, I did it out of desperation; a way to communicate with a large group at once. And I've been blessed by so many responding in prayer and encouragement. But I've kept the subject matter on that site limited to cancer related stuff and wonderfully life now has a lot more stuff than just appointments and crying into my granola in the morning.
And I'm going to this conference next month in San Jose, CA. More about that later.
Kim's musings on life & faith
Saturday, October 12
Tuesday, December 22
saying no
This morning while skimming twitter I came across an article by Michael Wong who was quoting Peter Drucker. This is what stuck in my head. Don't tell me what you are doing, tell me what you stopped doing.
Well, that has led my mind in all sorts of directions. Things I stopped doing but wish I hadn't done. Things I stopped doing but feel guilty about because I still have the expectation that I will get them done.
And all the things that I'm 'doing' but maybe not very well, or at the expense of other things. The basis of the article was that poor leaders try and do to much, don't delegate enough, etc. So much of my picture of a good mother means that I can't delegate those things. Do we delegate the baking of Christmas cookies to the local bakery? I seem to have delegated the Christmas Card making--but still have a high expectation that I will send at least a few cards to the far flung reaches of the world where my friends and family reside.
The reality is that without thinking about it I am saying no to things--maybe things I really want to do--things I think the Kim in my head would do--but the reality is that Kim likes to be with people, likes to talk, likes to do things together as team. A lot of the things I don't get done, just involve me. How can I turn them into team events--especially living with 3 introverts?
Well, just needed to ponder on that topic and didn't feel like writing it on paper, needed to type--racing thoughts helped by racing fingers. The real miracle is that I was able to log into this blog! Ha!
Wayne and I were told by a friend last week that we were the only people she knew that read so much and actually thought about how we were living--she is quite perplexed by us :). Maybe we overthink a few things . . . but I really do want to be someone that just didn't live 'by accident'. I want to make an impact on the world. I want to be all that God made me to be. I want to take advantage of the learning opportunities around me and I want to pass on what I learn to others.
Well, now I need to go buy Christmas presents, wish someone was coming with me.
Well, that has led my mind in all sorts of directions. Things I stopped doing but wish I hadn't done. Things I stopped doing but feel guilty about because I still have the expectation that I will get them done.
And all the things that I'm 'doing' but maybe not very well, or at the expense of other things. The basis of the article was that poor leaders try and do to much, don't delegate enough, etc. So much of my picture of a good mother means that I can't delegate those things. Do we delegate the baking of Christmas cookies to the local bakery? I seem to have delegated the Christmas Card making--but still have a high expectation that I will send at least a few cards to the far flung reaches of the world where my friends and family reside.
The reality is that without thinking about it I am saying no to things--maybe things I really want to do--things I think the Kim in my head would do--but the reality is that Kim likes to be with people, likes to talk, likes to do things together as team. A lot of the things I don't get done, just involve me. How can I turn them into team events--especially living with 3 introverts?
Well, just needed to ponder on that topic and didn't feel like writing it on paper, needed to type--racing thoughts helped by racing fingers. The real miracle is that I was able to log into this blog! Ha!
Wayne and I were told by a friend last week that we were the only people she knew that read so much and actually thought about how we were living--she is quite perplexed by us :). Maybe we overthink a few things . . . but I really do want to be someone that just didn't live 'by accident'. I want to make an impact on the world. I want to be all that God made me to be. I want to take advantage of the learning opportunities around me and I want to pass on what I learn to others.
Well, now I need to go buy Christmas presents, wish someone was coming with me.
Wednesday, June 24
I'm in!
Well, it hasn't taken as long as I thought but it looks like I've found a way back into this blog. But it seems have multiple profiles on Blogger--not really helpful and I'm not sure how to fix it. But I want to start communicating this way again so I'll have to figure it out somehow. I'm sure there is a blog on how to sort it out!
Tuesday, March 18
Saturday, August 3
Monday, June 17
Another Start
I've been writing blog posts in my head lately but the problem is that I hadn't accessed this blog page in a very long time!!! Well today is the day! I finally got back in and I don't think I'll forget how this time. Now to update everything as it does just look a bit sloppy! Hopefully now all those musings in my head will have a place to go.
Friday, August 10
blogging again
OK it's really bad when you wait so long to write the next post that you can't remember how to get into the program. But after spending most of the afternoon coming at this problems from several different angles I've managed to 'get in'. Lets see if I can get this thing running again.
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