So, inspired by Momastery, (thank you Glennon and Please see my recommended blogs) I have decided to try blogging. I used to write many years ago, and I get a lot of good comments on my facebook posts, so I figured what the heck? I’m raising two young daughters with my husband. Until August of 2011, I had lived most of my 40 years in my childhood home in rural Illinois. My husband and I bought the house in 2003 from my parents when they moved. After experiencing a couple of years of very little employment for my husband, and several talks between us convincing him that I truly was fine with moving away, he began searching other states for a job in the summer of 2011. Rather quickly, Randy was offered a position on a farm in South Dakota, and then even more quickly – we packed up, I quit my job, and we moved 12 hours away from our families in a matter of about a month. Everything about the move felt right, as if God had laid out this plan for us, and we didn’t look back.
Now, I’m once again a stay-at-home mom. My eldest, Lauren*, is in Kindergarten this year. My youngest, Paige*, turned 3 last November, and spends all of her time with me. We volunteer at the YMCA twice a week – I get adult contact, she gets to play with some other kids. We didn’t want for me to work right away after moving here in order to give the girls plenty of time to adjust. And frankly, Paige was never happy with daycare. She cried at drop off every single day for over a year. I’m hoping to get her into a preschool program next fall.
My goal with this blog is to have an avenue in which to vent. I believe humor is the best way to bring people together and the only way to survive the craziness that is our lives. I also think that mothers should support each other with honesty and empathy. We can all contribute to each other’s happiness by sharing the truth. And, blogging is a lot cheaper than therapy.
*Yep, names changed to protect the innocent. :-)
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