This Precious Life

Two years ago, a friend persuaded me to start a blog.

I thought she was crazy. “I will never,” I declared.

“You write well,” she MSNed. “You will make good money online.”

Three months later, I registered http://clonic.wordpress.com. It made me feel like one of the cool kids because *gasp* I own a blog! Hahaha! [cue thunder and lightning]

At that time, the purpose of setting up a blog was to supplement my income but I benefited from it in more ways than one. Most significantly, I made friends with a lot of people who were constantly online. I felt such a strong sense of camaraderie with them because we were all writing paid posts.

Months later, one of my new friends alerted that WordPress.com will delete all blogs that are used commercially. By that time, my blog was a treasure trove of memories so it meant a lot to me. Every time I was loading it to blog, I would feel a clammy hand clutching my throat.

“Don’t tell me, oh please don’t tell me they’ve deleted my blog!”

I was living in so much fear that one night, I could not bear it any longer. I pushed my mouse until the arrow hovered over the “Delete Blog” button. I clicked. I confirmed with WordPress.com that “Yes, I am sure I want to delete this blog.”

The blog was killed in a matter of seconds. I felt so relieved that tears rolled down my eyes. Those were the ugly days…

(To be continued)

Edit: Part II is here.