Creating memories, one word at a time.

9/3/2023

4:51 pm

“Creating memories, one word at a time.” That is my tag line for this blog.

I started blogging under the suggestion of my psychiatrist when she realized the journaling she had me originally writing was not helping. It was keeping me in a “perpetual state of crisis” as she put it. I was reliving the traumatic moments every time I would reread what I wrote.

We sat down and talked through it when the idea of starting a blog about my favorite hobby at that time, cake decorating, came up. So I ventured into blogging.

At the beginning, it was fun setting up the blog, determining what it would look like, and thinking about what I would write about. It helped me to continually practice that art form daily. I was creating sugar flowers, piping with royal icing, and just thinking up new ideas. It was helping to slowly bring me out of the depression. I have said before, discovering cake decorating was my saving grace.

That first year, I only wrote 2 articles that included pictures of things that I created or tried that was in 2015. I had 1 view. Then in 2016, I wrote 10 articles and received 262 views that year. I was slightly overwhelmed especially when I saw the many different countries that were coming up but kept going.

In 2017, I started writing about the battle with depression and my life. I began writing more and started setting a goal to write at least once a month. I received over 1,123 views that year. It was the push that I needed to keep going. It was helping with the depression and I was coming out of the spiraling down.

As of today, I have written 303 articles, had 3,982 visitors, 185 followers, 6,691 views and have had visitors from 45 countries.

Blogging became a safe haven for my thoughts to roam. It has become the place I go when I just need to get those feelings out and find solace in others who have experienced the same. It is the community that I became a part of and that I will forever be grateful for.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great week!

Peace, love, happiness, and good vibes, always!

Suzanne