I’m back after a very long hiatus. When I took a break from writing (got behind in writing) it was the beginning of my son’s third year of preschool. Now, we’re over halfway through the school year and into the second month of the new year. It’s amazing how fast time slips by.
In the time I’ve been gone, I’ve gotten overwhelmed adjusting to a new schedule of taking The Owl to and from school and trying to spend purposeful time with The Tiger. But what has really ended up happening is I’ve gotten myself so stressed over housecleaning, kindergarten decisions, and finding time to work on my part-time job, that I caught a virus and ended up in the hospital for 6 days. Way to put things in perspective when you’re away from your children for the longest time ever in their lives! It was hard and the recovery from that ordeal was slow, probably because I had gotten myself so run down in the first place. I’m trying harder to stress less and do what the mission of this blog is- to recognize the joy in the everyday moments with my sons.
This was a very frugal Christmas for us, and I loved it. So many gifts that were given to the boys and to family and friends were handmade. I made a number of photo books for our family members, collecting the many photos we had taken over the year. Looking back at our year in photos, I was struck by how many wonderful, fun, memorable moments we have shared this year. Looking at these photos was a wonderful reminder that those times are what I will remember, and I won’t really care that the laundry was piling up or the kitchen floor was super grody.
So here I am, back hopefully with more consistency, out of my funk and feeling hopeful that I can capture all those wonderful moments, and forget that I don’t have a maid to keep my house clean.
