Day 1

It's a new year, but for me?  Just another day in the chaos.  See, that's the thing you should know about me now.  Before you keep going.  Why wait until a "new year" to have a new resolution?  Every day, every single day, is a chance to start over.  To wake up with a fresh outlook, a new frame of mind, a new goal.  So, why wait until January 1st?  Sounds strange that I am typing that while starting a new blog on 1/1 of all days.  Just coincidence, truly.  I wanted to get a new blog set up before my youngest turned 4 on Christmas Eve.  Time got away from me.  That tends to happen.  This is why:

Ahh yes, that is the reason time slipped away!  Meet E, A, and O.  My three daughters.  7, 6, and 4.  They keep me on my toes.  Or, rather they would keep me on my toes, except I am nursing a broken foot back to health...so basically they keep me hopping...on my crutches.  True story...never break your foot.

So, this blog?  Just a timeline of sorts.  A way for me to keep track of the memories that these three give me each and every day.  Not every day is a good day.  I'd be lying if I said that every part of every day was good.  But, I do believe there is some good in each day.  Some days are "turn off the lights, go to bed, pretend this day never happened" kind of days.  But I think that those are the days that I grow the most.  There are some days that are so amazingly incredible that have me laughing and smiling from the start to the finish.  Those days are impossible to put into words...pictures do a much better job.  And then there are those other days.  The ones that fly by so fast I have no idea what really happened, because well, there just isn't enough time to stop and take it all in.  I am making a conscious effort to slow down and find more time in each day to truly see those amazing smiles, twinkling eyes, hear their magical stories, and just BE a part of their world.

In my world?  Every day is never the same.  In fact, I can't think of any truly identical days in the past ten years or so.  Yes, there are parts of my day that are routine.  Dull, in fact.  But I am even learning to savor those moments.  It's strange what makes you change your outlook on life or what makes you appreciate certain things more than you used to.  I can't say that it is any one thing that has made me the person I am.  But?  I'm glad that I have become the person I am today and I look forward to the person I will continue to become in the days and years ahead.

One more quick true story for today?  I have had nothing but trouble getting this blog set up today and I have tried 3 different platforms!  I refused to go to bed without knowing that this post would be dated today because I absolutely wouldn't wait another day to start journaling my new memories with them.  Yep, I won't give up without a fight.  So, even though there is no background, no pretty template...I did it.  I lived in the moment today.  I can't even really tell you what exactly we did today, other than just spend time together.  And I didn't get any amazing snapshots.  But?  I had fun, they had fun, and we are all exhausted.  So, calling it a night and I shall resume making this new family timeline more "acceptable" tomorrow.

Much love,
Liz