I started this blog in late August 2007. At the time I was overdue with Natalie. That means I have been blogging for 15 years. Some of those years were very busy on the blog. In the years 2013 through 2015 it looks like I blogged almost daily.
Other years it went on the wayside: 2012 then 2017 through 2020 were all less then 100 posts for the year.
Things that have changed since starting the blog:
- Facebook. This made it so a lot of my posts (at least at the time) felt redundant. People had seen it on my facebook before, so why post twice.
- The kids are all older. When I started I was just having kid number two. Now I have three teenage girls!
- I have become a lot more outspoken about my opinions and not just fact based stories.
- I've become a mental health advocate.
- It has become easier to share my pictures!
Things that haven't changed:
- I still want to document my life in an authentic way.
- I still want to share my struggles with others.
- I still complain (often) but I try to outweigh that with my gratitude.
- I still read back on old entries and smile. I will always do that.
- I still love to share about my kids accomplishments and how they have been doing.
My hope is that someday, when I've left this planet, my girls will be able to read this blog and know who their mom was. Read some stories about their childhood. See that I struggled too.
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I relate to a lot of this! I hadn't anticipated that as my kids got older I would pull back from posting as much, but it totally happened that way. It's a lot different posting fun stories and pictures about a trip to the zoo versus awkward teenage angst. It has been a fun journey though!
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