I have been blogging actively for two months here on WordPress.com. My time here has been a really good one I must say. People here are creative, responsive and geeky about something like me. I really think the platform has helped me improve my blogging which is a good thing. So, I look forward for the next two months and beyond. Thank you to all who are following me for making my experience awesome.
Grace and peace to you all!
Reading your posts is something I enjoy doing. Getting a glimpse into your lives is a study in our common humanity. It helps me to know we are all in in this thing called life together. You pour your hearts and soul out to share what you are thinking and feeling and I think that’s awesome. Every word matters and you say it with moxie. Blogging is our way of informing the world who we are and where we come from. What makes us different can bring us together. Keep on blogging good people. Words, pix, video, audio it is a how we express ourselves here. Continue to share your story and your corner of the globe.
I don’t pretend to be an expert on the subject of transgender issues but when Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world yesterday it made a huge splash everywhere. As a fellow human being I support Jenner’s journey because we all have journey’s we are taking to discover who we are. Some folks go through a more radical exploration of who they are and it takes courage to embrace it and to be who they were meant to be. She is beautiful and alive, that is a good thing.
As a person of faith I come from a community that doesn’t always understand issues of gender and sexuality outside of “traditional” norms. One thing we are missing is that Jenner and other folks in the LGBTQ community are God’s children too and they need to be treated as such for who they are. I am a believer that God has a purpose for their lives too and perhaps its one that isn’t easily understood yet. Affirming people for who they are takes courage, changing them is not within anyone’s job description. We all have to work out our place in eternity and in the universe with some fear and trembling. Life is scary if you ask me.
So I salute Ms. Jenner and others who want to be who they are inside. To the boy in the small town who is playing with dolls instead of dirt hang in there young man, life will be better. And to the young girl playing with tools instead wearing a tutu its all good life will be better. Those are the people who need the example of Caitlyn.
May we all have grace and peace today. May we all have courage to tell our story with the world.
It’s safe to say I am a WordPress convert. There I said it. Now I feel better. With all due respect to Tumblr, I now feel like I am blogging seriously now. There are amazing tools here for expression, communication and connections.
This is now my official blog of note. When you want to know what is going on with me, http://tonyburgess1969.net is where you go. It is good to be here.
The thing about binge watching a series that lasted one season is that you want more. However there is no more. That makes you sad, mad and glad you went through it. At the end you have the binge watching blues.
Firefly, you were amazing. You had heart, action, adventure and fire! Now I need a good weep.
A blog is like a book being written daily. Every blogger is the star of their story. Each blog is the chronicle of a unique character who is finding their way in the world. I love blogging, bloggers, blogs. This is literature being made in real time. You inspire me to keep on blogging.
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