Blogging Brings Blessings #The Joy of Blogging #Benefits of Blogging

Want more in life? Consider blogging. I did. The amazing results. 

 The day after a good friend set up Reece's Ramblings on October 28, 2016, I first learned the joy of blogging. Seventy persons had already visited "I Am a Blogger," and read about my growing up in a small, close-knit community with folks who cared for one another. It was only the beginning. My 120 posts since then have garnered 18,000 visits. They now average 400-500 each month.

True Confessions

I never wanted to blog. I saw no need to blog. A former writing student pushed me into it. "It will change your life," she said. I'm just sorry I didn't listen to her months and years sooner and let her set me up.

 New Venture bring Blessings

Responses poured in from those who knew me as the school secretary in my hometown, although Mom and I had moved away in 1970. How thrilling to reconnect with cherished friends. As my posts continued, so did the excitement. Former college and senior center writing students contacted me. Those who had heard me speak years earlier at conferences.  Strangers wrote, thanking me for tips and tricks I learned during decades as a full-time author. Others appreciated the inspiration they derived from the positive, upbeat posts.  

More Benefits than Receiving Thanks.

1. Friends who suffer from writers' block that prevents them from creating stories and books can still write by sharing opinions, beautiful photos, and memories on blogs. 

2. Blogging keeps people updated. There is no way I can write hundreds of letters or emails to let others know how I am and what I am doing. A single blog post can.

3.  Messages can offer encouragement and hope. I never fail to feel humbled when I receive responses to my posts that say, "This came at a time in my life when I desperately needed to hear exactly what you said." We may never know how our words cheer those struggling on the rocky road of life, simply by letting them know they are not alone.

4. Blogging offers the opportunity to share what we have learned. Sometimes sayings handed down from ancestors are helpful, such as,

"If a job is first begun, Never leave it 'til it's done. Be the job, great or small. Do it well, or not at all."

Humorous. "'Everyone to his own taste,' said the old lady, as she kissed a cow."

Challenging. "Never stare at closed doors. Search for open windows." 

This became the basis of Doorways and Windowsills: Sunlight after Storms, an inspirational collection, written with co-author Julie Reece-DeMarco. In the midst of COVID, stories of those who overcame adversity offered hope and cheer to those paralyzed by circumstances they couldn't change.

 

 

 

 5. Writers want and need to be read. Blogging builds bridges between writers and readers and helps establish a corps of faithful followers

 

 Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020 (Amazon)

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This author has a way of lifting my spirits with her words and stories of encouragement. Through simple truth and endearing stories Colleen Reece is my go to author for that boost to keep me moving forward. Like Julie Andrews says in Sound of Music, "When God closes a door He always opens a window." Doorways and Windowsills has a way of doing the same for me.

 

6. Blogging is a sure-fire way to beat the blues and blahs. Are you grounded by COVID, age, poor health, missing contact with family and friends? Posting messages can help transform self-pity into service to self and others. Give it a try.

 

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