Well . . . here
we are again! Rah and I have been
hemming and hawing about blogging or not blogging for several months now. It seems like it would be an easy choice, but
quite honestly, it actually takes a lot of time and a fair amount of creative energy
to produce anything that is worth posting.
It is a significant sacrifice for us, but we also seem to learn a ton
about one another, about life, and our focus has always been on growing our
relationship as a momma and a child . . . and grow it does!
Just a little
bit of a recap for those of you that have followed us and maybe for those of
you who will feel inclined to join us this holiday season. Year one, started on the 1st of
December in 2012 with Do you hear what I
hear as our common theme. We did
acts of kindness in an attempt to get us out of our Christmas slump as life had
thrown us some significant curve balls, wait, that it a vast understatement, as
it literally knocked us on our . . . you get the picture. Our focus was only on doing for others and
then on sharing that with one another.
We were kind of surprised that anyone even wanted to join us on the
holiday journey, but weirdly enough, they did.
Writing has always been therapeutic for us, and that year it did the
trick! Free therapy!
Year 2 was Do you see what I see? and suffice it to
say our EYES were WIDE open. We found
ourselves seeing things in our world that were quite ugly. We really had to search to see things that
inspired us. DUMB . . .we also decided
to start our blog journey at Thanksgiving!
Thus something that was challenging in the first place, became almost
IMPOSSIBLE. We labored over the
writing. We cried at things we saw. AND we prayed for the season to be over so
the blog monkey could be off of our back.
BUT the focus was on one another, the journey, and growing in our
relationship together. Again, grow we
did!
After year 2,
the discussion ensued early whether or not to blog. Rah was getting married right after Christmas
and we just did not know if we had the time or energy to focus on one more
thing, especially after the last year!
We went back and forth and back and forth and FINALLY, we decided to
give it one last shot. Do you know what I know was the theme
for the year, and more often than not, we just found ourselves wishing we were
like young kiddos without knowledge and the ability to know. Hearing
and seeing and knowing drastically shifted our perspectives. These blogs started out as something to bring
us together, the writing was fun at first and then it got tougher and tougher,
but last year by far was the most difficult.
AND yet, in a sea of stuff, we managed to make it through with some
shred of sanity. Once Christmas was
done, we focused on Rah and Jesse’s wedding!
2015 . . . to
blog or not to blog was again the topic of conversation. We are so busy! We don’t have time! Rah and I came up with numerous excuses as to
why we should not blog, but then we took a step back to look at that very first
year. That year when it was fun to write. When our focus was only on one another and
our bond as mother and daughter. When I
learned about my baby girl through the stories she shared and the images she
posted. Where she learned about what it
means to be a momma through the lenses I use to look at this big world we live
in. AND it is there that our journey
will begin this year . . . on us!
This year’s blog
is called All I Want for Christmas is
YOU! We hear it all the time . . . I
am too busy to call. I am sorry, but I
have just been too busy for . . . You fill in the blanks. We are in a world that is moving and shaking
all of the time. Sometimes wouldn’t it
be nice if it just slowed down for a minute or two? More and more I hear folks just asking for
time for Christmas. My mom asked for
time with her grandkiddos and her kiddos for Christmas. My sister asked for the gift of time. Life can be over in the blink of an eye . . .
this year I lost someone that was like family . . . I wish that I had one more
second or minute or hour, but I don’t. I
do have one more second, one more minute, and hopefully many more hours to try
and connect with my baby.
So for this
Christmas, Rah and I are inviting you into our blog bubble. We don’t know what each night will look like,
and there might be nights where only one of us opts to write. We don’t really have a solid plan except to
write to one another, for one another, and to see life reflected in the words
we write. Join us if you would like, pop in when you can, and welcome to our
Christmas bubble.
Sheila
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