writing

Witness Protection Program

If you could enter the witness protection program (wpp  because it’s shorter to type) and assume a totally new life, would you do it? Keep in mind, it means leaving everything behind. All your friends, family, co-workers, blog friends, twitter friends, facebook, and other social media place you have a presence. All new numbers to remember, social security, phone number, birthdate, address, credit cards, drivers license, library card. But you’d also leave behind all your past hurts, heartaches, mistakes, and any other foolish thing you’ve done in your life. So with all that to consider would you still enter the wpp?

Or perhaps you don’t want an entirely new life, you just want to run away for a while? Where would you go, what would you do? How long would you stay away for? Would you stay in touch with those you left behind?

One of the things I like about writing, and reading good writers, is they allow you to escape your everyday life and live in someone else’s world for a little while. I hope to be able to achieve that in my writing as well.

But for now I am filled with more questions, than answers. So I will return to my writing world and see what I find there.

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

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A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2010. That’s about 6 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 71 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 211 posts. There were 54 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 31mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was January 5th with 179 views. The most popular post that day was Failure is not an option.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, twitter.com, jcacworth.org, mail.yahoo.com, and blogger.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for craft room, happy birthday dr. seuss, braindrops, balloon farm, and chinese birthday cake.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Failure is not an option July 2008

2

About Me November 2008
5 comments

3

101 March 2009

4

Someday August 2008
1 comment

5

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss March 2010

Introducing Melanie Blievernicht

For those of you who do not attend Journey Church of Acworth, please allow me to introduce you to a dear friend, Melanie Blievernicht. She is an amazing woman of God, who has followed the call He placed in her heart and has written two books.

Walking Faith Forward is her first, now in it’s second edition. Here is the synopsis from Barnes & Noble.

“In the second edition of this engaging weekly devotional, Melanie Blievernicht draws from lessons in her personal life and Biblical references to show you how to connect with God and to spread His word by concentrating on a specific spiritual focus area each week. Encouraged by Christ’s promise of guidance and hope, Walking Faith Forward uses inspiration and reflection to help you make God a part of your daily life.”

Having served with her, I see this example lived out everyday.

Her second book, just recently published, is Divorce Is Only Human: My Journey With God Through Divorce.

“From the author of Walking Faith Forward comes one woman’s spiritual path through the darkest part of her life… a time of deep pain, depression, and despair… but also one of hope, determination, healing, and triumph through faith.

“Every so often, a book comes along that the Holy Spirit will use to minister to the depth of human pain and suffering. This is one of those books… An amazing story of tragedy turned into healing… A woman’s sharing of her own trials in order to pass on the gift of hope to others… ”
Douglas Crumbly, Lead Pastor, Journey Church of Acworth, GA”

So take a moment, and stop by her site to say hello. And if you have a chance to meet her in person, give her a hug from me too.