to blog or not to blog

It has been a year since I last posted and though lots of things have happened..tons in fact...my blog remains blank. I often want to blog...I like to read other people's blogs...but i do it less then I used to. I wish i blogged more, it just seems that when telling the world about your life....even if no one reads it but your mom, is just overwhelming. I'm not sure why so much of the world is overwhelming, but even my own emotions and thoughts seem to wear me out before I have time to write them down. I am not saying that I have anything to say...or that anything in my life is worth telling, but I do wish I wrote more - like I used to - because then it would mean I am not to tired to do it. I have realized that my world has expanded across the nation and even into other countries, and while email and facebook, and occasionally the phone..(though I am so not a phone person..worse part of teaching..calling parents...lol..) are great ways to keep in touch...I love reading people's blog's because they are more free, whether they are pouring their heart out, keeping people updated, or just keeping things light...you get to peak at them. You get to feel like they are still close...like you are just hanging out and talking - not like the emails and phone calls that cover "what's new" and then are awkward...but instead you have a chance to just live life together. Though many people think it lacks personal connection..Turner:)...it still makes me happy, even when I'm hurting for people, to feel like I'm in their lives...even when they're far away or in the next room sleeping. Now I have to convince all of my friends to keep up on their blogs..lol. And I have to be brave enough to do my own.