Thoughts on writing

Growing up in my house life was always a competition. I blame it on my sister. She wanted to do everything better than me. (I hear it is a second born tendency. I don't know.) Anyway like I was saying everything was a competition with her.

 So when it came to writing I didn't try to compete.

 I hated signing the same card as her because I would write something along the lines of "Happy Birthday, I love you!" She would write "Because of you I have breath in my lungs, you make the sun seem brighter, music seems more melodious and the air feels purer. Thank you for everything you do and are. I love you Happy birthday"

 I could have sworn she was meant to work for a greeting card company because the stuff she came up with was really, really sappy. And I couldn't compete so I didn't, I continued my course of action and eventually stopped going in on cards with her. I would buy those really sappy cards and write "this card says it all". I assumed writing was the problem but I've recently discovered that wasn't it. The book "The Five Love Languages" talks about what was happening there. She shows love with her words. That is how she is wired. That is so not me.

Imagine my surprise when I discover I like writing. I mean I guess it makes sense I am a girl and we have like 20,000 words a day that we need to speak. Writing is like speaking...so no wonder there are so many female bloggers! So if you have been following my blog you probably noticed the slight change that I don't only talk about Peru anymore. I will still be offering updates on our progress but I will be spending more time talking about other things too. I have given myself a goal to blog at least once a week this year. Your comments on here and face to face are encouraging and I appreciate them so don't stop!

And now a question. What are you doing for valentines day?

Do you have any traditions that you would like to share?