A Logophile Writes

Firstly, what is a "logophile"?

Secondly, what do they write about? 

I love words. They are stunningly beautiful and poignant. Magical and mysterious. But the secret is knowing how to arrange them the right way. Writing an essay or a piece of poetry is a puzzle. It's a challenge to pick beautiful words and arrange them in striking ways. And sometimes, I believe that the end result can be as beautiful as a painted work of art. When done appropriately, a group of small words has tremendous power to move and influence people. And that fascinates me!

Because I have a love of words, I wondered if there was a name for people like me. So one day I googled "a lover of words". And what was word they gave me? 

Logophile. 

As an appreciator of excellent words, I thought it was strikingly poetic and appropriate.

I write about many things. Sometimes, it's various forms of poetry. Other times, it's essays on things I'm passionate about - like why you should get adequate sleep every night or why you should work out. (Sometime you should ask me how much I'm currently working out.) More often, it may be scribbling furiously into the pages of a journal notebook that the rest of the world had better not see. 

I spent the last two years of my life volunteering at Faith Mission Home - a training facility for mentally disabled children and adults. While there, I sent updates out to several handfuls of people. In one sense, it was me keeping family and friends up to date with my life. In another, it was an outlet for me to process life in the method that I do best. 

Terminating at FMH means that I have no use for my well-used WhatsApp chat. Someone asked me if I would keep writing. "Starting a blog was always on my bucket list," I said. "Maybe now would be a good time to start." 

So here I am.   

I don't know what you're expecting, but don't set your expectations too high. I created this blog as an outlet for my persistent writing urges that strike me on occasion. They tend to be erratic. So if you're expecting consistency, look somewhere else. 

I also have a very wide span of interests - some being more strange than others. I will become intruiged by the smallest things and feel driven to learn about them and then educate other people in hopefully un-annoying ways. (For instance, I read about my personality type and that apparently we are exceptionally curious in nature and like to learn about funny things.) In other words, the content I write about may vary quite a bit. So if you're expecting a general subject theme, look somewhere else.

Upon arriving home, I plan to begin online schooling to receive a medical assistant certification. I may occasionally insert random info along the way. So if you don't like health geeks, go somewhere else. 

But if your expectations are low and you can forgive occasional grammatical errors and lack of proper editing, welcome here! I'm happy to have you along! :-)