Welcome to the new site! It has been a bit of a journey getting this up and running, and I’m so grateful for a patient husband who knows far more tech than I do and the fabulous customer service over at Bluehost who must think that I’m an ignoramus.
As much work as it’s been setting this site up, part of it has also been quite fun. It’s been a long time since I’ve learned something totally new. I feel like most of my adulthood has been spent honing skills and discerning how to best use gifts. I’ve expanded my knowledge base in areas I’ve been sufficient in or known a little something about, certainly. I don’t mean to say that I haven’t been learning. But, and for me, this is a big but, this is the first time I’ve felt thrown into a totally new subject since, well, college economics. I’ve had to look up terms like “SEO” and figure out what a difference between a plugin and a widget is (still not totally clear. . . ), and I’ve made mistakes and had to have others talk me through new processes and ask for help from old friends.
There are still lots of tiny things wrong with the site right now, mostly images that didn’t carry over correctly, a sign that I’m still learning. But it’s fun to try something new, to use a part of my brain that hasn’t been exercised in awhile, to put pieces in place that will be part of a bigger picture. At first I wasn’t happy with the mistakes, and set out to find them all and fix every single last one before this site launched. But then I launched it accidentally (total novice over here!), and realized, that it’s sort of fitting, having an imperfect, not-quite-all-the-way polished site, because that’s a better reflection of who I am.
That’s not to say that I won’t fix the mistakes I’m making, or go back through it all with a fine tooth come. I will. But I’m okay with imperfections. I’m not an expert at any of this- website building, blogging, motherhood, Montessori. I’m just an average person, trying with her whole heart to follow Jesus and fulfill her vocation in all it’s aspects. I’m just me, Colleen, and that is enough.