Nostalgia

It feels like just yesterday that I spent many days of each week either writing a blog post or thinking about writing a blog post. I really did enjoy those days. I would like to say I'm not sure why I stopped, but really it was an accumulation of things. 2013 was the year that I really hit my first real down-slope. That was the year my dad passed away and that really had me in a pretty serious slump for well over a year. It wasn't long after all of this that my life turned upside down once again with my departure from full-time stay-at-home mom to working-mom. That pretty much did me in for my blogging habit. Exhaustion had a whole new meaning to me by this point.

So here's the thing: My kids LOVE the blog. They go get on it somewhat regularly and read posts of their childhood. That, in and of itself, was the main goal when starting the blog. It was to document the lives of our family and their childhood so that one day they could go back and see what it was like. And it's not just them. It's for me. I find myself going back and just looking through months of posts, reading them and enjoying every reminder of each precious memory. Nostalgia. It hits me in the feels.

My blessing of a friend, Mandy, said to me, "You know you can always start back up blogging." She's right, of course. Being in the midst of a world-wide pandemic has been exhausting. News and the daily struggles of wearing masks and constant worry has worn me thin. Part of my hope for changing this is to back away from social media and news. But when I'm bored and have access to the internet, I find myself scrolling away. A coworker of mine said he has tried to downsize his daily dose of news with new and healthier distractions like crossword puzzles. I've made my own list of things that are healthier distractions. Writing my book, drawing, watching a well-loved tv show (that may or may not involve hot vampires), and, of course, blogging. I'm going to give it go and hope to start back up with documenting our memories (and throwing in a few old posts here and there). Here's to creating more years of future nostalgic moments for myself and my kids. 

Our recent snowman adventure. They are always so dirty as I'm too lazy to rake my yard in the fall. But we love them anyways.