A Harmonious Combination Turns 10!

This month marks the 10th anniversary of my little blog. As I have looked back on past blog posts it amazes me how much I put into this blog. The writing, the time, the honesty, the videos I made with our family, and alllllllll the pictures I've edited and posted since my only boy was born. It's crazy to think that it's been 10 years since I started this blog. This blog though has truly brought a way for me to heal from my damaged past and the abuse I endured from my childhood. It has brought me so much solace. It has brought me stress relief, and it has provided such a wonderful outlet for me. A place where I can write my heart out, collect my thoughts and share with the world all about who I am, and why I write. In other words, it helped me grow up. Because not only is this blog written for me, but for you too. It is a journal for me, but also a place where I can go and look back at the archives to read how much the world has changed, to see how much my children have grown (both physically, and mentally) and how simplicity is a possibility in life. And also...how much I have changed. Better yet, it has helped me really focus on how beautiful the world can be...if we let it. I have also learned so much at 39 when I started this blog-and even more so now at the age of 49. The imperfections of the life I've shared on here is a beautiful thing to me and I am extremely grateful for the time that I put into this blog.  Life for us is never perfectly harmonious, but when I look at photos of our family and see the laughing behind the picture, I'll take it.

With two kids left at home and Covid still being a threat with another pandemic year ahead, I will continue to share our adventures when time permits in hopes that my musings will become something that everyone can read in a bookstore someday! For those of you who have continued to follow me, thank you! I hope that y'all will continue to stay on and continue to visit this corner of the net! 

 

What We Saw In NYC!

In spite of Covid nothing stops us from venturing out and lately there has been so much to look and see in the city  and luckily we live close enough to where we can just hop on a train or get in our car and go. I love the art installations and the flower flashes that have been displayed lately. There's never a shortage of things to see or do in New York city and after watching "Pretend It's a City" just makes me want to live in it and visit it even more. I've gotten so used to the nuances of the city that I feel sometimes as if I actually could live there. Maybe some day but for now we are lucky enough to travel a short distance (yes...75 minutes on the turnpike is a short distance for me!) and arrive safely to our favorite city in the world!

Sweet 16 & 21 in 2021!

Well, here we are nearing the end of January and I am now just blogging about two of my girls milestone birthdays. I wish I had the desire to blog more but as I've written in previous blog posts Instagram has taken over that part of my writing. Not only does my back start hurting after sitting down for a long period of time but I'm also beginning to value my time even more now. Sure the fact that my kids are still doing remote school has something to do with it and because of Noah being in my room all day for school my personal space is very limited. I also don't want to constantly be in front of the computer too much either. It hurts my eyes and I don't want my eyesight to get any worse than it already is. So there are my excuses as to why I only have a couple blog posts this month!

Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021!

13 days into the new year and I'm now saying goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021. Unfortunately this will be another pandemic year. Not too much has happened since the new year began except for zoom school resuming again. I still get my days mixed up but somehow still find a way to balance on how to deal with life and kids each day. One day at a time right? On thing that gets me through it all is my faith in God and not taking the little things for granted. I know I have learned a lot this past year. For example, not being afraid of the unknown. Not sheltering myself from the outside world. Having a husband who is a city driver for UPS helped me become fearless and somewhat jaded in ways where I was not thinking too much about Covid. I know it's still here and every time we'd go out we are careful and extremely cautious of our surroundings as to who we associate with within six feet. But to be honest, 2020 wasn't so bad to our family. We learned to face the pandemic and found ways to serve one another. Even when the kids started zoom school.