Hello World!

So I decided to start a blog, but until yesterday I had no idea what to write about.  Since I have stayed home for the past 4 years, my life pretty much (read: completely) revolves around my children.  As great as they are, I knew no one would care about my mundane life after a few entries.  Not even my family.  I even get bored with being in the house ALL THE TIME.  Knowing how blessed I am to have a healthy family and a husband with a good job that provides everything we need isn’t always enough to keep me from having a pity party and feeling stuck here.  I always say I am going to volunteer and help people, but then I always think of an excuse.  The usual excuse is 2 years old and occasionally there is a 4 year old excuse thrown in.  I decided yesterday to do something nice for someone every day.  I need to just throw myself in all the way and do it.  No more “I should,” but “I will.”  I am scared of this because there are 365 days a year and that takes a lot of ideas! 

Writing about this seems like the perfect way to go.  I want to be held accountable and not just say to myself that I will do it.  (Because half the time I don’t even listen to myself.)   It will get me out of my own head and instead thinking about how to help the world around me.  Growing up I was surrounded by family members who were constantly going out of their way to help others.  They saw needs and filled them.  My brain doesn’t seem programmed like that, but I want to be a good example to my children.  And maybe anyone reading this will be inspired to help others more.  I know I am fortunate to have a schedule that allows me to do this every day and write about it, but everyone has time to do something small. 

Today is an easy day to start as I have already taken care of it!  Our wonderful Church NorthStar is amazing at community works and has September’s Big Give to fill up barrels for MUST Ministries.  At the grocery store today I picked up some extra canned goods and now have a bag waiting to go.  This blog won’t always involve monetary donations, but today did.  Sometimes it will be for a family member, neighbor, friend, or stranger.   Now that I am doing it, I need to constantly be looking for ways to show kindness.  Welcome to my challenge and thanks ahead of time to those who will support me in this!