My First EVER Blog Post!

Blog #1

For this blog post I will need to give some background information about myself, which I am fine with that. I think that can only help with connecting with other people.

I have been in college for quite some time, and I now feel that I am finally trying to reach a goal, and I am not just going to school to just go because most young people do. With that being said, I am young, I have my whole life ahead of me, and I am so grateful to be able to have the things that I do. Which I know others get so caught up in the all about me lifestyle; that they don’t stop and think about what they do have.

One, thing that I am so incredibly grateful for is spending time with my grandmother. Every Sunday I clean her house, and occasionally throughout the week I go and visit, just to see what’s going on. Of course this doesn’t sound like the cool thing to do, and I don’t think most college students plan on doing this on their Sundays but, I learn so much by going to see her. Sometimes when I go there we just talk about simple things, like what I did at work during the week, or what kind of deals I got at Kohl’s. Other times, we get old pictures, and we talk about our ancestry, and it’s really fascinating. My grandmother has an ancestry.com account, and the things that you find out can really be exciting.  Over Christmas, she taught me how to make great grandmas famous Swedish meatballs, and at that point I learned it’s not about what we’re doing, it’s about the time we spend with each other, and how it makes us feel. Younger people spend so much time thinking about themselves, and they don’t realize how much of a blessing it is to spend time with family, sometimes they find out too late that they should’ve spent more time with loved ones, than with their best friends or roommates going out to the bar.

So, this week I challenge you to stop thinking about yourself, and to start thinking about your family, and loved ones. Put them first for a couple hours this week. It will change your life. Also, you probably will really enjoy yourself.