So here I am. Hubby has been saying for a while I need to write a blog. I think he’s hoping it will stop me buying and scribbling away in notebooks. Goodness knows we need the storage space. This is a big step for me. A big commitment to myself, a risk to put my “heart” on a page for others read and possibly judge.
And really why write in a blog? The discipline? The fame? The money? What’s it all for? A digital diary of your thoughts, ideas and heart musings for others to read… What a wonderful and terrifying thought. So why did I take the plunge today?
Baby #7 is finally asleep. And almost every woman I met or know, regularly shakes their head and asks me “How do you do it?” My trite answers feel like they are no longer enough. “Prayer and coffee,” I say or “I get lot’s of help,” even “I come from a large family, I was always going to have a few kids…”
Now, after having number seven, I realise I have been a little selfish. I haven’t wanted to let others see exactly how I go about raising my little tribe. My sisters are starting to reach the age where they will most likely have kids. I can see the questions in their eyes when the look at my world and feel completely overwhelmed by raising a family in 2019.
It’s time for me to be honest. It’s time for me to tell my story, if only to be honest with myself and my “sisters” whoever they may be.
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart
raising a tribe 