Kindred Connection: In the Beginning

To join this week’s Kindred Connection party, head on over to Windy Poplars! This week’s question is: What made you want to start your blog?

I started Feathers in Our Nest when my husband and I got married last October. I started it for two main reasons:
1) to keep in touch with family and friends who were now a state away
2) to chronicle our journey through life together

We are both very close to our families and we miss them dearly! I wanted for them to have an easy way of seeing what we were “up to” on a daily basis (and provide some reassurance that we were getting along okay!). I thought having a blog would be the best way to share pictures and updates with lots of people at once.

I used to journal when I was a teenager, and I stopped doing that in late high school and through college. I really regret that now, since I feel like part of my life is “missing” (or at least is undocumented)! It is my hope that I will be able to look back at our blog in years to come and remember all of the wonderful experiences we shared during our first years of marriage.

Since beginning our blog, I have found many other reasons to continue it! I love being able to share recipes, frugal ideas, projects we’ve made, baby updates, and more!

I have also found many other blogs I enjoy following and I am constantly learning from them how to be a better wife and homemaker.

So, what made you want to start your blog? Do tell all at the Windy Poplars Kindred Connection Party!