I know, I've disappeared for a bit. I've been soaking up my family these days and all the advancements we've made. They are growing quick! Life is good.
Somewhere between watching my children learn to ride their bikes, being only an observer while they play with their friends and seeing the smiles as they succeed in their goals I realized something monumental.
You see, it has been over a year now since I began Rock the Mini. My main goal has been trying to figure out just who I am after getting lost in motherhood. What I've realized is I know who I am and I'm actually not lost at all. I'm exactly the person I set out to be years ago. Just as creating a business, I've created a family and I'm damn proud of them. I'm damn proud of me!
It has been hard. The challenges endless and many days extremely tiresome. Without a doubt it hasn't been what I envisioned at all. It's been full of terrible, full of wonderful and everything in between. And now I realize I wouldn't change a thing.
You know what, I'm not ashamed that I spend most of my time with my kids. For some, my endless devotion to the three of them may be cringe worthy but you know what I don't care! I love that I've been there for all their firsts and seen most of their smiles. Sure, I put my life a bit on hold, but I'm actually proud to be a minivan mom who rocks the town with her entorouge of little people. It's actually quite a privledge to have them there by my side.
No doubt they will adventually leave the nest. No doubt it will hurt like hell. And no doubt I will be able to look back and know I fulfilled my dream of raising a family.
So I'm back to blogging and ready to have some fun! Hope you will Rock the Mini with me. Not sure where we are going, but jump on in, turn the dvd on for the kids in the backseat and lets go for a ride!
9 comments:
Welcome back!!
So glad you're back, doll! What a great post. I love how you started out looking for yourself and discovered that THIS is who you are supposed to be. ....and I'm damn proud of you too!
I don't think being with your kids is putting your life on hold, girl! Being with the people we love is the most important thing we'll do in our lives. But, you're probably not reading this because you're off playing with your kids so never mind!
Enjoy those kids for as long as you can.
Nice to see you back.
I've missed you! Glad you're back, and glad you've been spending time with the fam...that's the most important :)
Glad to have you back ... it's been quiet around here in mini-van world. *wink I think we all need to take a break to rejuvenate w/our people ... and then we come back with killer momentum!
So glad you took the time to do what you needed to do. But I'm also so glad you are back!!
Oh my gosh - what an absolutely beautiful post! I completely feel the exact same way, and it's awesome to hear other people who do too! :)
I loved this post, and it's so funny that this was the week I posted about the love of my minivan! Thanks for finding me so I could find you!
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