Dear Friends,

This is a potentially random time of my life to begin a blog (can I just right off the bat say I think the word “blog” is ridiculous and the art of telling stories on the internet deserves a prettier name? Anyway…)  I recently returned from spending ten months studying and traveling in Costa Rica…it probably would have been a more interesting time to start writing about my life a year ago as I prepared to leave for that trip.  However, I find myself today with much more insight into my own mind and spirit than I did a year ago.  My perspective is broadening, my mind is expanding, my soul is searching, my heart is mending, my relationships are deepening, and among the mountains and valleys of life, my God IS.  As He always has been.

I find my passion and peace in the written word.  It fascinates me what a story can evoke from us.  I also love deep, analytical, soul-searching discussions that bring us new and unexplored thoughts.  I just want to share thoughts and stories with you.  To what purpose?  I’m not sure yet.  At the very least, I am using this as an outlet to practice and refine my writing disciplines.  A good writer must exercise his or her abilities just as an athlete, right?  But I do hope that someone else benefits in some way from this.  I hope that as a friend, I can share pieces of myself with you and maybe you will discover something new along with me…or at least nod politely and murmur, “Huh, that’s interesting.”

So consider this my personal correspondence with you…just letters from a friend. 

Yours,

Micaela