After These Messages...

So I started this blog awhile ago...awhile like five birthdays, two children, one business, and several thousand cups of coffee ago. I'm bringing procrastination to a new level here, people--I'd tell you to join me but I know you'd all put off doing it and it would never happen. So I'll settle for hoping you stop by now and then to hear about what's going on in our crazy little family.

I'm getting back to posting--after my, um, let's call it a "leave of absence" because that sounds official and like I did it on purpose--because I genuinely missed writing. I've missed sharing stories from our family that are longer than a status update. I've missed the quiet click of laptop keys layered over the smell of coffee and the cheerful sound of Mickey Mouse raising my children for me. Most of all, I've missed the opportunities to connect my stories to your stories and the great big brutiful (brutal/beautiful--thank you Glennon over at Momastery) incredible Story that connects all of us.

A lot has changed since the cold February morning when I first posted to this blog. Three days after that post, we found out we were pregnant with Noah. So, you know, that was kind of a big deal. After he arrived, I shifted my focus from writing to being a mama, and also to building a little business teaching Kindermusik so he and all his sweet friends could have that opportunity to learn and grow together through music. Then there was Sarah, the child who had a mind of her own from the womb and took a little extra love and help to arrive safely. To sum up, life happened and I've been busy living it instead of writing about it!

Some things haven't changed much, though. We are still blessed every day to be a part of two loving and joyful faith communities at Zion and Immanuel Zion. We have learned a lot more about country life, farming, and driving on gravel in all kinds of weather, yet we still have to ask a lot of questions and learn to wrap our minds around ways of living that are so different from the way we were raised. Our visits with extended family are always too few and far between. But our hearts are full, and we are thankful.

Stay tuned...I may actually post again! Don't get your hopes up. I'm just saying, it's a possibility. I think I need more coffee first...