So, hey everybody! If you’re reading this, you’re either a friend, family member, or my husband (love you all). I didn’t create this blog to go viral, to become famous, or to make a difference. I created this blog to write. To get the words out onto paper (or this case, a virtual piece of paper on a screen) that like to cram my head. It’s been a while since I have written anything! And I mean anything (besides a few letters to my brother and the pages my diary likes to keep secret), so I will apologize in advance.
I suppose I should address those who don’t know me… Hi, I’m Sophie. I’m a girl in her twenties, shoulder deep in college studies, and living in a city with a wonderful husband. Literature and reading is one of my favorite hobbies, along with dancing when I have the time, painting if I’m inspired, and the grande piano at my parent’s house…all could be called borderline obsessions. Pretty simple. I come from a family of 7, a couple dogs, a few guinea pigs, hamsters, a bunny, and numerous fishies (not all at the same time, though). I grew up in a large family so nothing really surprises me anymore and chaos is actually better for me.
The title of this blog is “My Eyes Are Watching Life”, and for those of you who know me you know I adore literature. I was introduced to Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, my Senior year of high school in AP English and it opened my own eyes about love, life, women (and men), God, and literature. I figured as Hurston had Janie’s life followed through her own life’s ups and downs, I could follow my own.Life is fantastic. It is beautiful. It has it’s ups and downs, but it is ever exciting! With the recent changes in my life (getting married is one, which was the best decision of my life!), I figured I could start a new hobby/habit/writing adventure. Changes equal new chapters.
This blog isn’t focusing on just one thing. It will encompass anything. Because life isn’t just one thing....that’d be incredibly dull. Can you imagine such a life? What if it focused on....a chair. And not the fancy kind. Well, okay, let’s make it fancy because that’d be less boring. An ornate chair, with the swirls and whorls and gold etchings with bronze and silver details.....pretty, but if that is all you focus on you’ll eventually get bored and wonder why you are even living. Mmhmmm, this blog will be a mess of features.
Ready? Because I am.
