There are so many things I never thought I would do and yet I have. I thought writing a blog about them would be nice and it would be a little different from my travel blogs and it would be a little personal too. There are so many things I never dreamed I would do growing up. I mean when I was little driving from Brooklyn to the Catskills was a big deal for me. So the idea of me of all people traveling to different places wasn’t something I ever thought I would do. And as much as I like to read growing up, writing wasn’t anything I was interested in and yet here I am writing a blog. So below I’d like to share about what I’ve done that I never thought I would. Here we go!
1. As much as I dreamed of flying to Ireland and Italy and so many other places I never thought I would actually ever do such a thing. Here I am many, many years later traveling the world with my husband, well at least part of the world. These things take time. We have been to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, India, and Israel. I feel like I’m missing a country. All these places I dreamed of visiting when I was little. I’ve had the privilege of going to with my husband. I have been to so many ruins and have climbed them. I have seen Biblical cities. I’ve tried foods in these countries I never thought I would.
2. When I was little there were no home computers. They didn’t start to exist until I was in my teens so the idea of me learning how to use a computer and using it to write, is something. Using my laptop to start a blog and ending up using my blog to write about my travel adventures with my husband along with some personal blogs is not something I would have ever thought I would do, again here I am doing it.
3. Growing up the radio was pretty much the only thing people listened to. And then eventually people started listening to records and tape cassettes. You know podcasts weren’t around then just like the computer wasn’t around. Once again something new happened people started this thing called podcasts where people could listen to them on their laptops and their phones. And again me starting my own podcast (Kathleens Korner), seriously not something I thought I would do, but I decided to start it and I’ve been doing it for a couple of years now. I may not have a lot of listeners, but that’s ok.
4. Here comes another shocker for you! Growing up I didn’t like writing anything. Reading I loved, writing I didn’t. Unless I was studying for a test. That was the only time I tolerated writing because it helped me to remember what I needed to for my test. So if anyone would have told me when I was growing up that I would become an author I probably would have laughed in their faces. I know not a nice thing to do. But you know what happened? After I had my third miscarriage I felt the need to write about all 3 of them. I wanted other women to know that they weren’t alone and I still want women to know that they aren’t alone. So I wrote a book and I published it. Yes, I became an author. Crazy, right? I did it though. And my book has helped women. My book in case you are wondering is titled Miscarriages My Story and I am thankful that it has helped women all over the world. And then my husband asked me to write another book. I thought he was crazy, but I did it anyway. He has a crazy idea that people would want to know what it was like for me growing up in Brooklyn and then moving to Upstate NY. I wrote the book, not sure how good it is, but I wrote it. Again if you are interested the title of this book is Brooklyn Raised Livin’ Upstate.
5. Oh, we must not forget I have my own business. Um, yeah not something I ever thought about growing up. I was just trying to survive school while I was growing up in Brooklyn never mind owning my own company. I have been the CEO of BearsWithApps for about 2 years now. We are a very small app business, but we are growing slowly. I take this business very seriously even if I don’t know what I’m doing half the time. We have apps for the entire family. I am also looking forward to getting more out there. Yes, this is a very slow process for us, but like I said we are a very small company.
Seriously, growing up I never, ever thought I would have done any of this. It’s crazy. It’s mad. And yet I did them all! Me! Who would have thought? Not any of my friends. Not my family and certainly not me. But you know what I am so glad and I am so thankful that I have been able to accomplish all of this. And I did it all by God’s grace and guidance. Cause without Him I can’t do anything.
Kathleen Smith author of Miscarriages My Story, Brooklyn Raised Livin’ Upstate & Hey You Moments to Remember. Blogs about a variety of things. Has her own podcast Kathleen’s Korner and she is the CEO of BearsWithApps. OH, let’s not forget her YouTube channel