We all know the quote by that guy William Shakespeare from Romeo and Juliet that all of our ninth grade teachers made us read,
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.".
Then the teacher would proceed to lecture us on the meaning of this one, what we thought useless, line of words meant. They would say something along the lines of "Names do not really matter" or "A rose would still be beautiful and smell good even if it had a different name." In ninth grade I did not give this anymore thought then memorizing the answer to just spit it back out on a piece of paper later that month. But as I decided to start a blog the little square box popped up and asked me to name my blog. I had no certain agenda or cause I was writing about and I know myself to be all over the place so I expected my blog would be no different. This quote came to mind and I realized that I could be totally creative and come up with an awesome name, or I could just let the words I write speak for themselves. I did not want it to sound professional because my writing is more for my sanity than anything else. I knew that if I were to put in an honest title of what most of my blog posts would represent than the blog should probably be titled "Karlee: the forever going enigma". So I proceeded to name my blog "words" because to some people my blog posts may be a meaningless bunch of letters and a waste of time. Like in ninth grade when we were reading and all we really wanted was the bell to ring so we could close the book and be done. I hope that maybe someone can read my posts, like that one nerdy kid enjoying William Shakespeare in ninth grade, and gleam something from it. Even if the only thing they get is relief because they are more sane than some crazy writer. I do not know how this is going to go, since I really do value my pen and paper more than my laptop and typing. I see every blog post as a post it note that is reminding me of how far I have come and also a reminder to keep pressing forward in my discovery of who I am and who I am meant to be. But above all I want my words to be uplifting to others. As it says in Ephesians 4:29 - "Let no corrupting words come out of your mouths, but only what is helping for building others up, as it fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."
Karlee Ann
