I've always said I could write a book

There have been many attempts made at writing the story of my life. Diaries when I was young, poetry in high school, creative writing in college and several hundred scraps of notes I've jotted down (and lost!) over the years. Unfortunately, I've never managed to find the time to put together an actual storyline or maybe I just didn't make it a priority. At one point I began the makings of a book in a Microsoft Word document on my laptop, I wrote several opening paragraphs and none of them seemed right so I gave up in frustration. A few weeks later I re-read what I had written and thought the whole thing belonged in the trash so that's just where it ended up.

Although blogs are nothing new, I've only recently become interested in them. A few of my Facebook friends have them and after reading some of their posts I thought, I could do this! When I set out to start my own blog, I had no clear goal in mind, only that I enjoy writing and this may be a way for me to finally explore my interest. When I realized I had to name my blog...oh the agony!!!! How was I supposed to name something I hadn't even written yet? So, I did what I always do when I need ideas: a GOOGLE search (doesn't everybody do that these days?). I searched items like "how to name a blog", "meaningful blog names" and simply "blogs". None of these searches really helped, but at least my mind started creating ideas at that point. I thought, since most of my memories come from my childhood in the Midcoast region of Maine, why not title my blog "Maine Made Memories"? Lucky for me the domain name was still available so I snatched it and ran with it.

Through this website I hope to re-create memories from my past to spark reminiscent conversations with my friends and family.