blogging and secrets, not opposites?

The decision to begin writing "notes" (as I call them) again has been done with much thought and some caution. I'm generally a pretty private person and what is going on lately (with this boy and life in general) is SO good and SO wonderful that I am giddily shy about sharing it all. What if the act of attempting to remember all it diminishes how good it is in the now? Is part of the reason that it has been so good because I've just been living it? Do you see how my anxiety works?

But here I am writing away... WHY? Well, because I do want to remember this all. Everything is happening so fast (but in a good way) and it all is so good, that I do want to look back at this later and remember my thoughts and our projects along the way. Also, my dear (and few) readers have become special over the years or are important real-life friends that I do want to update on the exciting changes occurring.

Case in point... my sister, in Africa, emailed me this morning as she randomly checked my blog looking for (hoping for) pictures from a recent vacation. (I promise, I will post those!) Upon reading my latest post, where she learned about the marriage plans (wow, writing that) she wrote me the kindest email EVER. Here is some of it below...

I just went on your blog in search of Washington pictures and got way more than I expected.

I burst in to tears.

Married in the spring.

My heart is exploding.

I am out of words...

This warmed my heart on a hazy Thursday morning and reminded me why I enjoy writing these notes (and why I so truly LOVE my sister).

So why did this wonderful sister not know of the wedding plans? Because technically, it's not something we are telling people yet. He is away (I will write about this too) and coming back in September and then we will break the big news. YES we aren't telling people and YES I told the whole internet. My bad. Here is my justification of that... who really reads this anyway? My nearest and dearest and people checking in from far away, right? Well, I have to tell them. So do me a favor internet, keep my secret safe, will you? At least until September... Then I'll have a real proposal to tell you about and I can still talk about some wedding ideas until then!

Sound like a deal, internet?