4 Years Later, Still Less Than Perfect

It’s been 4 years since I last posted for this blog and I have very little regrets about being away this long.  As I re-read my last blog posts I realized a couple things; I must really like taking hiatus’ when life is chaotic and, our life is chaotic.  I won’t set myself up for high expectations here, but I will commit to being honest, and sharing pieces of our lives that I think people can appreciate and relate to.  I am certain I will have a lot to vent about, but I will try never to let you sit for too long in the darker corners of our lives.

This time around I will also give my children names to make writing about our family easier; we will call my oldest son Napoleon and my youngest son Coyote.  Napoleon is now in 5^th Grade and loves to build complex structures, swimming and collects all things unusual, Coyote has entered Kindergarten and loves Taekwondo, skateboarding and cracking the most hilarious jokes.

Since I last wrote, so much has happened…far too much to contain in the words of a single blog post.  Life has ranged from absolutely amazing to incredibly dark and uncomfortable.  The Coles Notes version sounds like this though: I finished my social work degree and started working for an awesome non-profit organization.  I survived something very wicked that caused me PTSD and left me damaged but stable.  I lost one of my best friends to a difficult parting of ways.  My husband and I celebrated 10 years of enjoying the calms and surviving the storms of life and marriage together.  I have gotten to know some of the most amazing moms that I am happy to count as friends.  I celebrated 18 years of friendship with two women I call sisters.  I have embraced the chaos our family brings to the world and celebrate our differences.  I have had to suck up my desire to avoid conflict and fight for my children to have their educational needs met.  We officially went from poor to not poor.  You can trust me when I say I have spared you many details, but you get the gist of what you missed.

I am so glad to be back writing here.  Our life is not perfect but it is never really dull and I enjoy sharing stories and thoughts about what goes on in our family.  I will not sell you lollipops and rainbows here.  I won’t pretend that we have our lives all sorted out or that we are the best example of how things are done.  Our life is chaotic, fantastic and still less than perfect but I look forward to sharing it with you. 

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