Writer's Block

Is it possible to have writer's block before you even start a blog?!  I've been wanting to start a blog for what feels like years now, but I never really know where to start.  I had one that chronicled my first pregnancy with Olivia and it is priceless to look back and read and remember that life changing season.  4 years, 2 kids, 3 jobs later...I'm realizing how fast life moves, even when some days seem to drag on ad infinitum.  And my memory, one of my gifts in years past, has been consistently failing me in the years since becoming a mother.  The long and the short of it is that I don't want to forget these precious years with my precocious children!  When I look back, I want to remember the good, the bad, and the ugly!

I have to call out my two main inspirations for doing this blog - Laura Bennington and Vicky Szemborski Wilson.  Laura has been steadfastly blogging about her family for years now and I admire her persistence and creativity.  She posts pictures, videos, stories...what a gift it will be for her children growing up to have their childhood recorded for them.  Vicky is someone I have known since high school and have always counted as one of the sweeter, kinder souls I have ever encountered.  Her blog is absolutely fearless and candid.  She doesn't shy away from the ugly that life can offer; she puts sin right out where it belongs-in the open-rather than letting it fester in secret.  I admire that kind of courage.

I'm not sure what my goal is for this blog, but I feel good about starting it.  Hopefully friends and family will read it to help us stay connected.  I am admittedly terrible about keeping in touch with those I care about.  But even if no one reads it, I'm glad to have somewhere to record these precious moments of life - the good, the bad, and the ugly!!

For someone with writer's block, I didn't do so bad after all!  Amazing what happens when you just dive in and start typing!