One year ago today, I began Somewhat Voluble. I had journals/diaries before, and I enjoyed writing in my Xanga (which is actually where I met my husband). After that faded, there was a long period of time that I didn’t write at all (except the occasional post on my Myspace page).

When I got engaged in November 2007, and I began planning my wedding soon after, I decided I needed a place to organize my thoughts. So, I created a blog on Blogspot. Though I liked it, I eventually became bored with it (read: just weeks later), and that’s when I found wordpress. And here I am. It started with “Breathless” (which is a post that has been featured on Indie Bloggers [no longer online] and Tweny-Something Writers.

I was exactly two months away from my wedding day, and to put it mildly, I was scared shitless. I was nineteen at the time, and I needed a place to vent my feelings. Plus, I missed writing. After some time, I became bored with this blog, so there was a point where I stopped writing in it all together. After I turned twenty (December 2008), I joined 20sb. That’s when I started to really get back into blogging, and I realized that it was all about the community, too. Since then, I bought my own domain, and I eventually (umm, last week?) bought my own host. This blog has become a HUGE part of me.

So, here I am. Two months away from my one-year anniversary of being married. I’m not scared shitless anymore. I’m not even that afraid of the future. Honestly, I know I have this blog to thank for that.