starting again

I would love to say that I used the extra time I had when not writing my blog every day to do something productive, like organizing the basement or learning to play an instrument. Alas, I spent most of the free time stumped by level 13 on bubbletown and catching up on episodes of Project Runway.
I am happy to say that the break is over. I found that I needed to step back from the blog for a little while due to feeling that I was being misunderstood. It can be tricky to lay stuff out there, to try your best to be completely real and honest. Sometimes, people take it the wrong way or only see one side of things and you end up questioning if it is wise to allow people that much access into your life. But I didn't start this blog to impress anyone or to impart my awesome parenting techniques. I started it partly as a record of my kids. And I started it mostly to let other moms, who are desperately and madly in love with their kids but still struggle through the days, know that they aren't alone. That there are other moms out there who lose their cool, who go to bed convinced that they didn't get anything right that day, who feel that they can't live up to the expectations, and who sometimes wish the day would just go faster.
So the blog vacation is over and I'm ready to dive back into the nitty gritty of writing about this mommy thing with all of it's beautiful, ugly, overwhelming, breathtaking parts.

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