When I first heard about blogging, I admit that my first response was: "What a waste of time!" As a new mom of a baby boy I was challenged enough with all the changes in my life, caring for others, managing a transition from working full time for pay to working all the time (for no pay) as a stay at home mom. Then my husband and I moved to be closer to our church, I had a second child (another boy!), and life got even fuller. As I fell into a "mommy groove" I decided to switch it all up again by going back to work part time, and helping start a MOPS ministry at our church. At that time, when some friends mentioned how much they enjoyed blogging I thought, "now I REALLY don't have the time to try this!"
Now I am in a new season of life. My husband and I just had a third child. A girl. What a joy she is to us. If there was ever a time when I realized and accepted the reality that my time is not my own...it is now. So, why am I starting a blog now?
I do enjoy writing, but most of it has been in private journals. Places where I can keep my thoughts safe, and I can openly process my struggles, succeses joys and pains. That not what this blog will be. Instead, I hope to record the many joys of my simple (and sometimes mundane) life in this wonderful and challenging season. I hope to record and treasure the wonderful moments my family offers me becasue I know this season will soon be over. I dont want to forget the precious smiles, funny stories, or even the times when I am threatening to go insane.
So I hope to hold onto a little piece of "me" in this motherhood adventure. Because I know its "me" that is being developed and shaped while life goes on focused on others. I keep this blog as my "safety deposit box" so I wont forget the joys of life in the simplest of things.
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