First Post of Soli Deo Gloria!

Hello, one and all, and welcome to my new blog, Soli Deo Gloria!

   If you haven't visited my About Me page yet, then I'll let you hop on over there and check it out (if you wanna to know more about me, of course. 😉) If not (which is absolutely fine too), then I hereby present to you the very first post of this blog!

    So if you did check out my About Me page, then you also learned a little bit about this blog and why I named it "Soli Deo Gloria". But today, to kick off this insane blogging journey of mine, I wanna share the actual reason of why I decided to start a blog in the first place. (Yes, if you think about it, there's a difference). 😉So grab some popcorn and chocolate and whatever else will keep you from falling asleep while reading this  and let's begin!!!

    It all started one lovely day around this time last year. When the big ol' lockdown happened, life didn't change too much for me since I was already homeschooled, but we did have social activities that were cancelled, so I was obviously stranded at home with much more spare time (just like everyone else). 

    And it was THEN when I discovered blogs.

    Okay technically I had already discovered blogs.....like, two years earlier. BUT it was in 2020 when I actually got more involved with the blogging community by commenting, subscribing/following, and getting to know online friends.

    So why now of all times (besides the fact that I was under house arrest for six months)? 

    Well, one of the main reasons was because a super awesome friend of mine told me she started a blog (which you should TOTALLY check out HERE!!!) and I really wanted to subscribe to it! ('Cause what are friends for, amiright?) And thus began my first step out into the big wide world of blogging. 

    After that, I commented and subscribed to all of my favorite blogs and lemme tell ya, it was actually pretty nerve-wracking to publish those first few comments. I had never done anything with social media before, so it felt like the WHOLE WORLD knew I existed when I commented (especially on some of the popular blogs). But after a while, I stopped reading each of my comments 20 times to catch any spelling errors, punctuation mistakes, etc. before publishing it and the blogging community felt right at home!

    Like, SUPER at home. And soon I started seriously thinking about making it a more permanent one. 

    Soooo, after about a year of getting to know all of my FANTABULOUS online friends, much procrastination *cough* I mean work, and several months of planning, here I am at last with Soli Deo Gloria! Like I said on my About Me page, the reason I called this blog Soli Deo Gloria, is to glorify God in whatever I write over here. But I also wanted to call it that as a reminder for me (and others) to glorify and give thanks to God in ALL circumstances, even a global pandemic. 'Cause guess what? 

    Without COVID, I might have not gotten involved with the blogosphere more. Without COVID, I might've not met all of my amazing blogger friends. Without COVID, I might've not started this blog. 

    But because of it, I did. 

    And sure, I'm not very good at being thankful in not-so-fun situations, but we have to remember that whatever we're walking through is happening for a reason. So, let's keep in mind to give thanks to God and glorify Him, through both the sunshine and the shadows! 

    Also, before signing off, I wanna give a HUGE thank you to all of the AWESOME bloggers out there who helped me get through 2020 (even if you didn't know it 😉)! You guys mean the world to me and I'm SOOO glad I've gotten to know you!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Tally ho, friends!

    Soooooo, question time!!! What was one thing (or more) that was a blessing in 2020 for you? Did you do anything new for the first time last year? Also, if anyone has some blog post suggestions I'm all ears! (I actually already have a pretty long list, but if I'm gonna blog for more than five months I could use some more!) 😆