Welcome!

Yes, I have a new blog!

For the last couple of years I’ve kept a notebook nearby where I jot down feelings, thoughts or questions that pop into mind about life, faith and relationships.  Each sentiment is no more than a sentence or two and if someone were to stumble upon my notebook, they’d probably wonder if I was a crazy person!

Throughout my heartbreaks and disappointments over the years, people often said to me “one day this will be your message”.  I hated hearing that.  I didn’t want to have a message or be a future example for anyone.  I just wanted my happy ending and I wanted it yesterday.  But after the hurt subsided a little, I guess I subconsciously thought, I may as well jot down some things and maybe one day something will come of it.  I didn’t know what and I didn’t know when, but I figured it would be once everything in my life had turned around.  Then, and only then, I could have a “message”.

Well, I recently listened to a podcast with Christine Caine.  She was talking about one of her books and how she knew it was time to write that particular book because she had come through her pain enough to not write in response to it, but it hadn’t got so far behind her that she forgot about it.  This made me think to my crazy-lady notebook.  Everything in my life hasn’t turned around (in fact, none of it has), but I have come through my pain that it won’t filter through my words, but I’m not so far removed that I can’t still remember what it feels like.  Was now the time to write?

But You’re Nobody, Why Do You Need a New Blog?

When I started my ‘Rants…’ blog a few years ago, I was bitter, confused, angry and had lost a lot of my faith. I stayed that way for far too long, but eventually staying in that head space became worse than making a change, so I chose to change!

This last year I’ve seen miracles happen and watched lives lived out that inspire me to emulate them.  My edges have been softened (at least I think!), my perspectives have shifted and I feel like an entirely different person on the inside.  ‘Rants’ doesn’t seem to apply to me anymore, so I’m moving on to something new.  (I still have a lot of snark and plenty of opinions though!)

The Situation Room, as defined by Wikipedia and loosely translated by me, is a conference room located in the White House, for handling sensitive information with the purpose of providing intelligence and crisis support.

I had originally played around with about 10 different blog names, all a slight variation of one another, but all with the same theme.  I settled on one I liked best, only the more I thought about what the name represented, I didn’t want to box myself in creatively or have a blog title be the label of my future.  What I want is a safe space to have a conversation and be open to talk about any variety of things. My own ‘situation room’, if you will.

I also get a chuckle out of the double meaning this name has for me.  A few years back I updated my Facebook status regarding my “situation”.  You might remember:

Since you’re supposed to talk about what you know, you can be guaranteed that I’ll write about relationships, or what I’m more familiar with, singleness.  And I will give you advanced heads up; this blog will contain much more talk of faith than ‘Rants’ did, because I’ve really been discovering exactly what faith means to me and I have a lot more of it than ever, so it’s bound to spill out!  If you don’t like that, well, I guess, thank u, next, but I hope you stay open minded and join in on the conversation!