Where to begin...?

I started this blog a few months ago thinking that it would be an outlet for me to journal my 'journey' electronically since I am so bad at keeping it down on paper. Everyone has a blog these days and I haven't given it much thought since the epic years of xanga... (yes, I am that old). Thus, thinking maybe I needed to have some discipline with writing regularly (now that grad school is over.. yessss!), I ventured into the blogger, blogspot, wordpress, notepad spectrum of virtual biographical composition.

That was about two months ago..lol. As you can see, it has taken me awhile to move from concept to practice. What can I say? I was forming the thoughts and phrases that would make up my magnificent first post; getting readers so intrigued that they would come back for more each day/week. Now that I am here.. this beginning of sorts.. I am at a bit of a loss of how to convey exactly what I would like this space to fulfill.

The concept of this blog "The long way around.." is to journal life's twists and turns, to tell the story of the places we end up along the path to the dreams we chase. Some planned and some.. not so much. My story, as I am sure is true of yours, has had many lefts that I thought would be rights, many dead ends and surprises of open doors and unexpected opportunities. Our lives are books with blank chapters and we are filling each page with our own stories. If anyone has read Donald Miller, one of my favorite authors, in one of his latest books he poses the challenge/picture of "living a better story...". In the book, he is turning what was his biography into a screenplay and has to think through the 'scenes' of his life. When I read the book, it hit me hard to think about my life being put to book or movie, how would it look or play out? How would the characters develope, act, move forward, build a plot, overcome an obstacle? And perhaps most importantly, how did I want it to end? What would be its message?

I hope to share a bit of my experiences and my story through these posts. A bit about how I am trying to 'live a better story' with this life I have been given. I can't promise it will always be entertaining, interesting, or even worth the few minutes you take to read it. But I will promise that it will be honest and real... and that I hope you can take something from it.

So, there it goes. Post #1 of what I hope to be many... let's hope I really am better at this than I was in the past.. ;)

Much Love-
Kriss