Saturday, September 22, 2018

There To Here

I wanted a place to write about my journey. From mom blogger to divorcee, to new wife, to new blended family.

I used to write about everything. I'd tell people about my pregnancies, births, issues with my kids. I told the world about the loss of my daughter, and when my son was diagnosed with a rare birth defect.

I laid so much bare for anyone to see, but there were stories I wasn't telling. A life I wasn't sharing.

Now I want to write, to process, but I'm also more protective. I don't want this to be about my children. It's my story.

I don't want it to be about my ex-husband, because he isn't here to defend himself, and because that story isn't entirely mine. I will find a way, because I need to let it out. I'm just finding how to balance a need for privacy with a need to share.

What can I say, I'm an exercise in contradiction.

I came undone, and I've put myself back together. I'm changed and I'm not.

This blog is an exploration of a life. Not a special one. But mine.