Lately you may have noticed that I have been a bit absent in the blogging department. Or maybe you haven’t noticed at all, and since life seems to be on super-fast warp speed lately, I can’t say I really blame you. I can barely drag my weary body upstairs most night much less download photos and recount cute stories about the girls or the minor miracles of each day. But that doesn’t mean that I’m not taking photos (oh, wait…I hardly do get a chance to do that much anymore), well, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t 20 things on any given day that I want to write about…I’m just having a hard time finding the time.
But tonight Emma picked up the book J. make me five years ago. He took the first year of the blog here and had it printed into a very cool book. (I’m currently working on getting the last five years into some sort of printed format, too. In my spare time.)
Anyhow…as I was saying, Emma picked up the BCC chronicles and laid down on the sofa and started reading it. She couldn’t get through even one page without cracking up. She kept stopping to show Addie photos of the two of them, or reading excerpts from a particularly funny post. She spent a lot of time on the post about how she was pretending to be the Virgin Mary and took great glee in telling Addie that she used to dump her bowl of yogurt on her head every morning and tell everyone she was wearing a hat.
As I sat listening to her giggle, I realized that I started the blog to keep our friends and family up-to-date with the girls and their antics, but it sort of grew into a cathartic exercise for me, too. Helping me to laugh through those parenting moments when I really just wanted to cry. And then I realized, somewhere along the way it also became a beautiful gift for the girls – and for me. I had forgotten some of those frustrating, exhausting and downright funny moments, too. And to be able to go back and relive them again, especially with such an appreciative audience, is really kinda special. And that’s what I will think of when I feel like “I can’t possibly write a blog post tonight.”
I know exactly what you mean. Blogging does seem very much a chore sometimes, another thing on my to do list. I hope you continue to find time to share your stories. They are so very special!!!
I totally agree with Jen about your stories. I always look forward to any time that you have something on your blog page. Yea Emma!!! Maybe that will be enough of an inspiration to keep those stories coming to close the miles between us and help us to “know” the girls as they grow up.
Such a fabulous reason to blog. I wish I could get myself to sit down more often to write all of those stories we all used to share more.