Lucas and I had a blast in Chicago and I will share more about our first annual mother/son trip, including photos soon, but first I want to acknowledge my FIVE year blogiversary! Just under the wire, I might add as it’s almost midnight on the West Coast.
I posted the following photo on my Facebook fan page because I didn’t think I would be able to write a post and wanted to recognize this day in some way and I received a comment with the exact message that I needed to read today.
The note is from a new friend and Letters For Lucas reader, Darya and says:
The first words I ever said to you was at the GLOLunch and I told you how happy and relieved I was to have you ask the question regarding time to blog posts vs your new life–what to do? I may be new to blogging, but I am kinda old to mothering and woman-ing, and I can promise you that the blog will wait, your babies will not. Keep on keeping on, Momma and we will all be here when life circles back around. Congratulations! And when it comes to blogging, you are already at the place where I want to be.
Thank you, Darya. Thank you for your wise words and understanding.
The last couple of months have been both challenging and busy with summer camps, karate, swim lessons, play dates, trips, concerts, a traveling husband and a lot of laundry! At one point today I looked at my coffee table and captured this shot:
My life in a nutshell.
This is my life in a nutshell these days… A dirty diaper, a bottle, a fearless and delicious baby, Lego, struggles over activity books vs. screen time, endless rounds of Connect 4 and Spot It, which if you aren’t playing with your 5-10 year old, you should be, remnants of snacks and counting down to Kindergarten!
The only thing missing from this photo besides my best buddy Lucas of course, is my daily intake of caffeine. In a moment of mothering weakness, I called my husband at work and asked for help. I needed some relief, so a few hours later, he rescheduled a meeting, came home early and took Lucas skateboarding.
This is motherhood.
This is mothering.
This leaves little time for blogging.
And I’m okay with that.
Here’s to five years, but more than that, here’s to mothering!
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Happy 5th blogiversary!
Love Lola’s legs peeking out from under the table.
Happy 5 years! That comment is spot on. It’s amazing how much more I blogged when my kids were littler, but I did a lot of it during nap times I suppose. But if they nap now? I head to the couch for a little snooze myself, because it’s so rare. 🙂
Lola buns!!! It is mothering, and Darya is SO right. They grow up in a blink. Congrats on your five years!
Congrats on 5 years, what an awesome milestone! And so is your mothering, milestone worthy. 🙂 I love that photo, it’s perfect. And now I will be going to Target to buy Spot It! 😀
Those baby legs under that table brought me so much joy. Such sweet, sweet days when the kiddos are teeny.
I’m pretty sure coffee is the only thing that’s keeping me from eating my children in the early mornings.
Here’s to mothering indeed! 🙂
Happy 5 Years of Blogging!