The First

And so it begins....again! I've done my fair share of what I'd call "casual blogging" in the past, mostly just small attempts that were really that classic journal style of blogging where there wasn't substance behind the words. Just recording my thoughts through the weeks. They fell by the wayside, as these things often do, when life got busy and I just let it. It's really that simple. I let things slide. They slid so far that they were barely hanging on by their fingertips when I finally stopped and looked around, wondering where those old friends had gone.

I guess I should go back to the beginning, well, the sort-of beginning. Almost two years ago, nearly halfway through my pregnancy, we decided as a family that I would quit my job to stay home and raise our baby. This was a big change for me. The problem was that I had no idea how big it was going to be. I had no idea at the time how it would affect me to leave a job (and apparently an entire identity) and assume a completely new persona.

So, here I am, 15 months after giving birth and starting the slow climb out of this well that I have found myself in. Post partum depression, uncertainty about Who I Am, and What Is My Purpose have plagued me since giving birth. But now it's time to move again. To give in to the process of living and accept that I won't have all the answers and will probably be a Work In Progress for the rest of my life.

I need to be okay with that.

So, what's the point of the blog... I guess this is kind of the question that I need to be constantly answering. For now, let's allow this blog to be a chronicle of our life as a family. The big and small adventures, the food, the friends, the sunsets, bad things, down times, and victories of spirit. Sounds like a tall order but maybe there will be some value in recording our lives as a family. Focusing on that can't be bad.

Right?