Tonight I read some old blog posts. It's been months, maybe even years since I've visited this blog, much less read it. When I began to read, I was reminded of things: things that made me smile... things that I had forgotten.
That's when I remembered. I remembered why I blogged. And though the "trend" has passed and I faded with the best of 'em, I realized that I have more of a treasure in this site than I ever knew.
Then, I became kind of sad and disappointed. Sad because I missed moments that I could be reading about, and disappointed that I stopped recording some of my most precious moments with my most precious people on a precious blank screen in computer world. So I told myself I would pick back up. Just. For. Me. So that one day, in a few years when I read back over old posts, I'll read things that make me smile and remember things I will have by then, forgotten. It's funny how there are things you think you will never forget. But you do. I do.
So, for me, from me...
IngramGang is back.
What's funny is, it's hard to know where to start. Usually that would put my mind spinning, but for whatever reason, tonight I decided to just start. Just start. Start here, start now. Start with today.
Who am I today, October 5, 2014?
I am Ashley. I am wife. I am mother of four. I am a sinner saved by the sweet, redemptive grace of Jesus. I am semi-creative...just enough to make the non-creatives in my life think I am capable of more than I am, and not enough to impress anyone who really is creative. I drink coffee black and can attest that it is an acquired taste. I like to sleep until 8, but my life doesn't allow that. I don't really enjoy working out, but feel better and am a better me when I do. I enjoy being with friends and new people, but am becoming more of an introvert as I get older. I love watching my children grow and become people whom I genuinely enjoy being around. I treasure conversations with my husband. I love the color coral. I want to be organized. I like to think I'm laid back...until I overreact. I can hardly pass up ice cream. I love fall and all things pumpkin. I love to read the Scriptures. I come alive most when I teach and watch Jesus move in people's lives. I am in my early-thirties and sometimes wonder where the time has gone. I am a learner. I am me.
That's when I remembered. I remembered why I blogged. And though the "trend" has passed and I faded with the best of 'em, I realized that I have more of a treasure in this site than I ever knew.
Then, I became kind of sad and disappointed. Sad because I missed moments that I could be reading about, and disappointed that I stopped recording some of my most precious moments with my most precious people on a precious blank screen in computer world. So I told myself I would pick back up. Just. For. Me. So that one day, in a few years when I read back over old posts, I'll read things that make me smile and remember things I will have by then, forgotten. It's funny how there are things you think you will never forget. But you do. I do.
So, for me, from me...
IngramGang is back.
What's funny is, it's hard to know where to start. Usually that would put my mind spinning, but for whatever reason, tonight I decided to just start. Just start. Start here, start now. Start with today.
Who am I today, October 5, 2014?
I am Ashley. I am wife. I am mother of four. I am a sinner saved by the sweet, redemptive grace of Jesus. I am semi-creative...just enough to make the non-creatives in my life think I am capable of more than I am, and not enough to impress anyone who really is creative. I drink coffee black and can attest that it is an acquired taste. I like to sleep until 8, but my life doesn't allow that. I don't really enjoy working out, but feel better and am a better me when I do. I enjoy being with friends and new people, but am becoming more of an introvert as I get older. I love watching my children grow and become people whom I genuinely enjoy being around. I treasure conversations with my husband. I love the color coral. I want to be organized. I like to think I'm laid back...until I overreact. I can hardly pass up ice cream. I love fall and all things pumpkin. I love to read the Scriptures. I come alive most when I teach and watch Jesus move in people's lives. I am in my early-thirties and sometimes wonder where the time has gone. I am a learner. I am me.
