Hey Ya’ll!
I’m nervous (and excited) to share that for the 3rd time, I’m giving this writing thing a go again. Many of you have been with me since 2006 when I first began my writing journey.
When I was 21 years old I started my first blog, KandisDavis.com where I regularly shared what I was learning and annually posted my birthday blog, recapping lessons learned an anticipations hoped for the year to come.
Throughout my 20s and early 30s, this website would serve as a place to process, share, and receive feedback on life as I navigated it.
Once I got married, Dex and I decided to do some things together which birthed DexandKandis.com, our marriage and family blog. In 2018, on my 33rd birthday and 16 months into marriage, I decided to officially archive KandisDavis.com and move all my future writings to our shared website.
Over the past 7 years, I’ve sporadically shared on our joint website, but honestly it’s never really felt like, my space.
Comments weren’t as frequent, the community felt like it was fading and I didn’t have the motivation to post as often. These differences could’ve been for multiple reasons like the rise of social media, increase in video content, less user-friendly commenting applications, and so on…
Over the last year and some change, I’ve personally felt the nudge to come out of hiding. Friends have challenged and encouraged me to do the same, a couple even saying to me, “you need a Substack.”
So here we are!
I am excited to introduce you to my next journey in my writing, blogging, sharing and discussing with you.
This is Oh! Pen This with Kandis.
Oh! Pen (Open) - Open This - get it?
This name is a play on the word “Open” but also incorporates my production company’s name, “Oh!” You can learn more about the business’s name here.
With this relaunch, not only am I writing on Substack (KandisReese.com) regularly, but I’ll also be post weekly YouTube videos at youtube.com/@kandisdreese.
This will be an exploratory journey as I discipline myself to share more of what I’m learning in faith, family, business, friendships, personally…the whole bit.
I’m also going to put some old posts that may have been missed in here, just to beef up the place with content a little quicker :)
Meanwhile, can ya’ll believe I turn 40 this year?! Cause I still feel all of 31.
I was so vocal for much of my 20s and then slowly silenced myself in my 30s, I’m excited to explore and discuss with you, all the things that bubble to the surface.
I hope you’ll join me on this journey and feel free to share and discuss as freely and openly as you desire.
This is a safe space to share and process.
Thank you for sticking with me from place to place all these years. Ready for the next…