Why

Why am I here, writing a blog that I hope others read? Well, I'm probably asking this question more of myself than you are of me and because I'm in charge, I'm going to answer it.

I love to write. I've recently rediscovered this love of mine while taking a Continuing Education course in Communications. In these classes I got to write some personal self reflective journals, an opinion editorial, a plan for a web page and more. What fun I had using words to influence others! Well, I don't know for sure if others were influenced, but I was. I had a way of pumping myself up like no one else ever could! And isn't that the way it's supposed to be: you are your biggest cheerleader?

I say 'rediscovered' a love of writing. I had to be reminded of this by my mother, but I would go on and on and on in grade school when it came to writing stories. I remembered spending pages describing the surroundings of my character, and the back stories ended up being the main story! Something I really took to heart that the con-ed course taught me was editing. I promise not to go on for pages and pages about my two boys, how they're blue eyes are so perfect and deep, how the color of my one son's eyes shifts from a bright, beautiful, sunny day blue to a mossy green depending on the color he wears and how they compliment his alabaster skin so nicely. I've never been so jealous of fair skin (I look better darker than whiter, trust me on that! Well, not too dark, just a few shades, a hue of gold - and I digress)

Back to writing. What am I going to write about? The things I wish I knew, and that I'm learning daily, Things like:

• Don't ever hold back an "I love you".
• Cleaning the bathrooms really doesn't take that long and the two days it took me to procrastinate was really ridiculous,
• It's okay to let one cry (although I'm sure anyone with more than one child knows the same thing).
• Being a mom is great.
• How I find new meaning to being a woman and how it works in my life.
• Making dinner, taking care of the the kids and keeping the house clean IS my job. It's not degrading, I'm lucky I get to work at home, It's my husband I pity, who has to leave the children every morning and come home just to put them to bed. I get to see them all day long.
• Contributing to the family cannot be calculated in dollars and cents alone.

So it's my wish that the experiences I have, the struggles I face and the fun I have can lighten your day, help you feel positive and encouraged. Being a Homemaker is a big job: you're running a business and the employees need to be happy, the books must balance and you don't get to close up shop at the end of an eight hour day.

I just want there to be joy and pride as we continually serve our families and watch our children grow and develop. And with a little prayer, may we be graceful while we do so.