Posted in The Daily Grind
Once upon a time, there was a home educating, blogging wife and mother. She enjoyed blogging in her spare time, and always had dozens of posts swirling about in her mind. Due to the busy-ness of the holidays, however, she had no time to post even one of those fascinating posts. She was very sad.
One day, our mom finally decided to eke out a meager amount of time and sit down and post at least one of her by now hundreds of stories. She sat down in front of her computer and stared at the screen. Her fingers rested lightly upon the keyboard, but to her dismay, nothing happened. Not one of those truly wonderful stories popped in to her head. She sat in the still of the early morning, and was at a true loss for words (if you knew our mom IRL, you would fall over with shock at this).
"What could I write?" she wondered. "What do people want to read? Surely they don't want to read yet another excuse on why I wasn't here, or yet another recap of my time spent away. So what do I do? It's a bit abrupt to just jump in and act like I was never absent, isn't it? Hmmm... maybe it's not." And so our busy wife and mother decided to just jump in right where she was, and hope that all the other wonderful wives and mothers out in bloggyland would understand that the season, this wonderful, magical time of Christmas, has her putting home and hearth first, as it should be, and that when a less busy season of life comes along she'll be back blogging with the best of them. Because family, that precious gift from above, must come first. Always.
And of course, her fellow bloggers understood completely, because it was a magical time in their homes as well, and bloggyland had already begun to quiet down as it always does at this wonderful time of year. And just as sure as the sun rises in the east, after the holidays moms will focus on starting their little home schools back up and bloggyland will be a quieter place for just a bit longer, until.....
Until bloggy moms are confident that their homes and schools are back on track, and need the company of other mothers before they lose their minds. Such sweet cycles life has.
To be continued...
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Thanksgiving was a peaceful, enjoyable day here - I hope it was for you all as well. We had 12 in for dinner, and lots of leftovers (the best part, right?). Life is, as usual, full, which I assume is holding true for everyone. Gifts are being made, cards are being made out, and holiday baking is just around the corner. Life is so good, so full, and such a blessing.
It goes without saying that while I will try to be a little better about keeping up with everyone, I will still be absent more than I am present. I am enjoying this holiday season in spite of myself, and determined to make it a lovely memory for my family. I expect you all have pretty much the same intentions, and look forward to catching up with everyone! Have a wonderful weekend!
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