Lend Me Your Wit

There exists on the internet a group of users who have this easy, clever coolness about them. They spout witty little tidbits on Twitter and update their Facebook with statuses you replay in your mind all day, jealous that the best you've ever come up with was a cutesy description of your toddler's eating habits. Their blogs have smart pen names and titles that you wish you were literate enough to catch the reference to but instead have to look up on Google.

In case you hadn't noticed yet, I do not run in this circle. I don't even text much less tweet, but my pro bono publicist (who has, in truth, agreed neither to being pro bono nor my publicist) is working on getting me there.

When I began this blog, I just wanted a place to write-- that's it. But as I kept writing, people actually started reading. And they cared, and they told me they cared. My friends and family cheered me on, and I knew that this was because they love me; these are people who would support me if I decided that my life's calling was to be a barefoot mud painter. But then people I haven't seen in 10 years started letting me know that they were reading and enjoying my writing, and I even got my first comment from a complete stranger.

I realized that people wanted to read what I had to say because they were connecting with it. People told me that my writing made them feel less alone and more encouraged. So, steadily, I've been humbled and energized, seeing a new path emerge.

I've always wanted to write. It's a tremendous blessing to learn that now someone wants to read it. So, I am going to begin brave and careful steps down a path that I can't fully see but that I know will be good, because I know Who carved it for me.

I will need help along the way, and if there's one thing I'm not too bad at, it's asking for help when I need it. I am not afraid to be a pain in the ass, and in this particular instance, I think it may just work to my advantage. So here's what I need from you to help me get started: I need a new name.

"A Room of Her Own" suited my purposes to begin with, but I no longer just want a place to write for myself. I want to share my thoughts on real life and real faith, to encourage all kinds of people in all kinds of places, so I need a concise, descriptive title that conveys that. You can look for inspiration in my previous posts, comments people have left, and anywhere else that strikes you. To make it fun, I will officially call it a Contest, and the winner will receive as fabulous a prize as I can scrounge up.

So, friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your wit. (That's a reference to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. I know-- I Googled it.)