I'm back for good

Ive been thinking this first post through for some time now and how to get it just perfect before starting it up again. You who may remember, this blog was much more active, or maybe I should just say "active" instead of "more active" a few years ago because it was my outlet. I started it as a chance for me to get some creative writing out while keeping my long distance family up to date on my then semi-newlywed life. It was time I cherished and poured over to share. It got me through hard times, welcomed our first (and then a few years later second) child, closed the separation gap while my husband was away in military training, and then our subsequent move south. I made blog friends, real like minded  people with real connections through a virtual world. I loved feeling like I was contributing to the goodness in someone's day. Then, somehow it all became too much. Enter second baby, a husband gone 80% of the time, stresses of new military life, and much of that new adjusting life on my own. It was too much. So I shut it all down when I finally realized I actually lost the drive to keep it going. I lost the spark in my writing. It no longer existed as my creative account but became a boring journal of my daily living minute by minute.  No one wanted to read that. Shoot- I didn't want to read that. So, I closed shop, quit writing and refocused my heart and attention on my growing family. It's been an embarrassingly long time away from my blog or even reading in the blogging circuit for that matter. I regret now not having that account of the last two years to look back at, but I have to trust my memory to fill in the gaps that are missing from here.

So, on that note, I'm back! I make no promises to how often I can saddle up and get it written, but I can promise I'll try my best. Who am I promising anyways as I'm sure most of my readers are long gone and moved on, but I'm here. I'm here and that excites me. Every post will be different, just like every moment of my day is now. I look forward to taking this journey again. I loved it the first go round and I will learn to love it again. You can't see me, but I'm typing with a smile, so I hope you're reading with one too. Are smile emoticons allowed on blogs anymore? Is that old school? Hmm, I should go refresh myself on blog etiquette.... :)

Molly