First-Time Blogger

So...this is my first time blogging. Ever. Weird, huh? I feel strange that somebody out there will read my words, probably someone I don't know. I don't even quite know why I'm doing this. I don't know if I'll be able to keep it up, if I will become hopelessly addicted, or if I will ever make anything worthwhile from this blog. All I know is...this is my first time blogging.

So, who am I? I'm a young woman looking at the beginning of the rest of my life. I teach fifth grade--this is my first year--and I'm already wondering if this was a good choice for me. When I was little, I wanted to be so many things. A veterinarian (I love animals), a firefighter (briefly), a nurse (a little), a paleontologist (a lot), an archaeologist (go Indiana Jones!). I never really saw myself as a teacher. And my biggest dream ever, which I still hold up on a pedestal: to be a writer. Oh, to write! So much joy comes to me through writing. If I go too long without writing, I start falling into a deep hole of depression. Sure, that starts to happen if I don't do other things too, like be around people, read my scriptures, eat healthy, get plenty of sunshine, etc. But writing is so much more. It fills me, makes me happy, makes me seem more than I am. Perhaps it's all an illusion, this happiness, this sense of fulfillment. But maybe not.

Which comes to the title of my blog: Heart's Magic. It's the title of an idea I have for a book. I haven't written it yet. I don't know if it will ever be published. But I chose it for my book and my blog because of something I believe: it doesn't matter who you are, what you're like. We all have a bit of magic inside us. We all have strength, courage, honor, grace. When we listen to our heart and draw on those good virtues, we can help those around us. We can be magical to them. We can succeed.