Five Years of Blogging!

This week marks five years since my first blog post. It also marks the beginning of a journey unaware of where it would lead. The name of my blog, “The road goes ever on and on,” was taken from a Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien’s’ Fellowship of the Ring. The quote was very appropriate as I was entering a season of Sabbatical, exploration and discernment.

I initiated my first blog post on November 25, 2005 with the following….

"The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone, and I must follow it if I can. Pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins the larger way. Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say?
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~ Bilbo Baggins in the Fellowship of the Ring



The Lord of the Rings begins with Bilbo Baggins leaving the home at the Shire for an unknown destination. He did not know what was ahead on the road but he headed off with eager feet. He knew the road was far ahead, yet he was off to follow it as best he could. 



Bilbo’s song resonates with me. I feel a bit like Bilbo not knowing what is ahead. This blog is my attempt to share my path on the road with all of you. It is good for our paths on the road to meet.

Yep, that pretty much summed up what I was feeling five years ago! I get a little sentimental reading that first post. I am reminded of so many of the hopes, emotions, feelings and unknowns at that time. Soon after my first blog post, I began a couple years of travelling, exploring, and discerning where God would lead. My blog address, “wheresdavebayne,” was a frequent question asked by many for over two years. Then in March 2008, I followed and pursued the road to Argentina, where I now live and serve alongside the Word Made Flesh community in Buenos Aires. After 2 ½ years, I’m still here, striving to put down deeper roots of stability and to love my neighborhood!

Five years and 358 posts later, I am so grateful for this blog space to reflect and share my journey. Thank you to the many who have dropped by every now and then, even after many long periods of being missing in action. These past five years have been significant and transformative for me. This blog has been a meaningful and important space to journal and share snap shots of my journey.

While my feet have landed here in Buenos Aires, my journey and my blog will continue ever on and on! While the “wheresdavebayne” part may not be as relevant today, the blog remains a space to share my journey and intersect with yours. Drop by any time! I am grateful!

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