So here it is...my first blog, my first offering of "The Daily Steep."  Perhaps someone, somewhere will ponder it over a cup of tea...and just let it steep.  Or, perhaps no one will ever read it but me.  No matter...it's still the first, and firsts are important things!


Firsts come in all forms and we all have them!  There is absolutely no escaping them.  Starting with that first breath, we embark on a lifetime of firsts!  First steps, first words, first impressions, first friendships, first loves, first jobs....Some firsts we must do alone and some we can do only with help.  Some we remember vividly and some we'd rather forget, but they all shape us, become us, one by one by one.  Some are moments of exhilaration, some terror, and some--these are the best firsts--are an unexplainable alchemy of both!  Remember those first few yards pedaled without training wheels (hands sweating and knees bleeding), that first day of school (knot in the stomach and perfectly packed pencil case in hand), that first kiss (which way do I tilt and how long do I stay like that)?   Those firsts that make you take a deep breath and make you hear your heart beat in your ears are the ones that often unfold into the great moments of your life!  If we never take first anything, we may as well not bother living.  Don't fear them, don't avoid them, just live them...they don't have to be done perfectly, just done.  They are life's necessary, brave moments.  Necessarily Brave...that is what firsts are!


So here is my "first first" in quite some time.  My first words as a "Blogger"...how strange a word!  It doesn't suit me...one of those poorly tailored words.  How can it relate at all to anything to do with ideas, musings, words, letters, pen, paper...the things I am used to and love.  Yet, strange as this seems to be writing to no one--or just to me--it is still good to be making a first.  Firsts, even in the middle of one's life, return you to those bleeding knees and perfect pencil cases and racing hearts...to being prepared and taking chances.  Necessary, Brave, Good.  A toast to Firsts!


Thanks for reading!  Let it steep.