There was a time in my life where I realized that my young children had no idea who their mother really was. I was their mother. I was there taking care of them every single day of their lives, but me, my character, my personality, my funnies, my flavor, my beliefs and even my testimony in a way all somehow blurred itself into the background of our lives. I read with my kids. I taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ to my kids. We went to church … but I didn’t know if my kids really knew the ways I saw God’s hand in my life on a daily basis. I did not want to live a life where that was left untold and unshared with them, so I started this blog.
The blog encompasses some really hard times in my life – the hardest I’ve been through so far. I have tried to keep it as real as possible without crossing inappropriate boundaries. I am not perfect. I do not want my children thinking their mother lived a perfect, all daisies and roses, life. That would simply not be true. So there are entries of dark times, and entries of highly spiritual times. My life is both. To know and appreciate the good, you must know the dark. That is my life.
I have included pictures that catalogue events/moments in life near the time the entry was written. I realize they do not necessairy match up in content. Some entries were written long ago prior to when I began putting pictures to them, so they are blank or filled with more current pics. Either way, the pictures help to catalogue our lives just the same – they are just out of order sometimes. I’m okay with that. Hope you are too, haha.
Thanks for reading. I hope somehow my experiences can resonate with experiences in your life and uplift, inspire, and help you keep moving ahead. This life really is a beautiful trail of winding hills and paths. It is a blessing; all of it, a blessing. We rejoiced to get to be here and be a part of it. Keep rejoicing, even when it hurts.
Forever grateful! -xo-sha