who am I, really?

In college I got a degree in Mass Communication, a lovely piece of paper I put to use everyday as I "manage" a "mass" of 4 little boys, my sons 8, 6, 3, and 5 months. In my last semesters at ACU I took some Marketing courses as electives, mainly because Kenny was in the business building, so where else would I want to be?? I fell in love with marketing, the idea of consumer behavior and Dr. Lytle was the best. If I had to do college all over again, no doubt the study of marketing would be my passion. A phrase Lytle often said when promoting his classes was, "Marketing Rules The World!" We would laugh at his boasting, but on a non-spiritual level I still agree with Lytle's stance on the subject.

This is what troubles me about setting up a blog. In marketing you identify your audience, your target market and present your product or service in a way that will most connect with and convince whoever you are speaking to. There is incredible power in the way something is presented.

In a way I have always "marketed" Donielle. I naturally think about where someone else is coming from, their age, their intrests, their sense of humor, their maturity, their liberal or conservative viewpoints, etc. I do this before I jump out and "be me". Does this make me a hypocrite? I am not sure, but I admit the color of my personality is a different shade when I am with my brother than it is with my mother-in-law.

In blog-world, there is no way to "market" oneself, is there.....I guess all three of you will now see Donielle, the un-edited, straight from the heart version. I can't guess at who my audience might be, I can't word thing one way for some and another for others. It's kinda scary and liberating all in one. Winter Time may turn out to be more enlightening for me than those of you who take the time for Winter Time.

God Bless

blogging day 1

I'm a blogger now, never dreamed I could be, never thought I would be. But Byron has done such a nice job with his and being the kind brother he is, helped me create one of my own, so here it goes.

I am not sure why I am doing this. Is it for me? Is it for you? Maybe it's for my kids? Or just for those moments when life is rushing by and something happens, good or bad; and you know you'll never forget that moment....and then time passes and you do. Months or years later something random may happen and it triggers a forgotten moment. I think to myself, that moment was almost lost forever, and I wonder how many other little memories of mine have wandered away.

If my blog makes you smile or cry or laugh or think let me know, would you?

May God bless the world of blogging, the prayers that are shared, the encouragement given, the advice asked for and the tears that flow in this little amazing computer driven window of life we now share.