Hello. How are things? We've been so crazy busy with everything... EVERYTHING! The last few months are a bit of a happy whirlwind blur... First there was the intense pre-christmas work period with Spiral Garden, combined with the usual crazy busy end of year stuff and all that parenting three children brings. Follow that with Christmas interstate. And then bring home a good dose of some awful cold virus that has you wiped out for the better part of three weeks...Having a little break has helped me pause and think about what I write about and how. I've contemplated some of the feedback I've received over the past year or so and why and how it affected me... I've pondered how we communicate with each other these days and how online communication works within that. I've felt a tad self-conscious. And the thought of writing something here has become harder and harder. Like when you leave it too long to make a phone call... I almost didn't come back.
But this is our story and I can't begin to tell you how helpful it is being able to trace rhythms and patterns within our family. To remember so many happy (and sad) memories and the story behind them. To look back on a bad day in August and realise we feel like this every year at that time. Or that this was a challenging age for the last owlet who visited it. It's helpful to look back at the things we've done so we can experience them again. Or to remember that when we feel life is moving so slowly and we feel like we haven't done much, remember that we HAVE!
So I'm here to record it and throw it all out there in my usual, unplanned stream of consciousness style and make sure it's there for us to look back on and for anyone who might still read this blog (Hi Dad!!xx ), to have a little insight to our days, if it interests you... 2014, we are finally ready for you. xo
YAY - you're back :) I've always enjoyed coming here to read about your adventures! You are a very inspiring lady!!!!!!!! I look forward to stopping by often in 2014 - Cheers, Michelle
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Michelle :) I'm very much looking forward to catching up with blog land and throwing myself into this year. xx
DeleteI'm so glad you came back :) And I so relate to feeling self conscious, and like nobody cares, but I just need you to know that you were one of my first blogs that I found, and I've been reading about your life and your beautiful family for years now, and I for one would sorely miss you and your family and stories if you were to leave. You're beautiful. And inspiring. And honest. And real. And I've felt far more about you than I've let you know, or commented about, but I'm here bearing witness, with a whole bunch of others all round the world, and what you do matters! And it is an ongoing journal and account of life, and I reckon the life of your family is really important to have here <3
ReplyDeleteOh Hellena, you've brought tears to my eyes, dear woman! Thank you so much. So much love to you. xo
DeleteI agree! Love reading about your doings, and feel very similarly about blogging. It's such a lovely record of life. Here's to a bloggy 2014!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Selene. I'm looking forward to blogging and following along with wonderful bloggy peeps again. xo
DeleteI'm still here!
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