My First Post: Overview

My name is Gary Walker. I am a 42 year old male attending the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign returning back to school to complete a degree in broadcast journalism. Recently, I been giving many blessings in my life including the opportunity to return to school. I decided that since the world has so much negativity bombarded us every day that I could make the world a better place by placing happier things in the world. I decided to do this by creating this blog. My goal is to update this blog 2-3 times a week with something that gives. I know that life will be hard so I thought I would talk about the blessings I find in my life through this blog—feel free to share this blog with others if this gives them encouragement. Hopefully, you will be able to take some of my blessings and turn them blessings into your own life. I also going to teach myself WordPress where I am going to do a second blog about Faith and Hope where I can have more religious overtones but give people faith and hope that they can get through life even when things are difficult. In that environment, I will place more practical things that have helped me through the hard times. I hope that you will enjoy the journey with me. I also hope that you will be patient with me as I learn this software and improve as an writer through this process.