Well…for one year this website has sat here and sat here and sat here. It has waited patiently for some real meaningful use but instead it has attracted spam from all corners of cyber space. It has been under siege and nearly destroyed. A few months ago, this domain name was expiring. I inexplicably renewed it for a couple more years. I just couldn’t let go. There are so many memories stored on this site. Every few months I would come visit the site, look at pictures, and read a few stories in order to remind myself of my time growing up in Latin America.
Today, it hit me. Why does this website have to be only a memory bank? Just because I’m no longer on any epic travels doesn’t mean I don’t have anything worthwhile to blog about. Sometimes right before bed, I’ll be on my computer. I’m usually in my most thoughtful mood right before bedtime. I’ll just sit there, feeling like sharing something with the world. I don’t even know what I want to share. I just feel inspired and I don’t know what I feel inspired about! I’ve thought about creating my own blog but I’ve been down that road before and it’s never really lasted. But this site and I have history. This site contains a time in my life that I hold very dear to my heart. I’m committed to it. I know that I won’t let this website die. It is bigger than me.
Two and a half years ago, Adam and I bought one way tickets to Buenos Aires. We had no plan. We had no agenda. We had no time frame. All we had was our savings and the little we carried in our packs. To me, that picture is beautiful. That is what life is all about! We are both back in Seattle now. Sometimes it becomes too easy getting settled in the daily routine of life. But then I go back to this site or read a journal entry from our trip to remind myself of the great adventures life can have in store for me if I continue to step out of my comfort zone. I am still traveling through life on a one way ticket. Who knows where I’ll end up? Who knows what amazing things God has in store for me on my journey? The trip may long be over, but the adventure is not.
It is only appropriate that on Easter Sunday, the day Christ rose from the dead, that this website also has risen from the ashes. I hope that it brings people together again and can continue to inspire.
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