the mommyhood memos

Moms Who Work is over. {Phew.}

I so enjoyed that series and the array of perspectives from the featured guest bloggers. Many of you commented and emailed me about how the series encouraged, validated, challenged, or inspired you in your positions as moms working in all types of capacities. I'm so, so glad!

You deserve to feel valued... and celebrated.

But now friends... I must admit... it's good to be back, without a series... free to ebb and flow with however my inkling takes me.

I originally thought I would take the two weeks during the series to be able to spend more time writing - you know, banking up some posts... planning ahead... getting my bazillion half-written posts edited and ready for publishing.

And then life happened.

I had some speed bumps, some bruises, some challenges in my personal world that threw me for a loop and left me a little worse for the wear.

But even when life gets tricky, there's always still plenty of beauty to behold if you're looking.

I've had some incredible moments lately...

Being greeted with a little piece of heaven that looks something like this:

And enjoying the moment doing things like this:

And celebrating worthy milestones with things like this:

{levi and ryan's first australian fathers day}

And laughing in amusement at things like this:

{apparently tarzan baby doesn't know the one-shoulder look is so last year}

And getting delightfully messy doing things like this:

And crawling around the kitchen floor capturing "ordinary" moments like this:

But mostly just swooning because of love like this:

So yeah... I don't have any posts "banked" like I'd hoped. {Many drafts, yes, but nothing banked.} But that's okay... I am so looking forward to writing.

Because you know what? I have missed regular writing terribly. I've missed connecting with the part of myself that writing comes from.

So here I am... back.

And it. feels. good.

My little fingers clicking, my hard drive filled with new photos, and my brain buzzing with so many ideas waiting to be captured in print. It feels so good. {Oh wait, I've already said that.}

But today friends, today... I just want to say I'm back.

And I'm excited about it.

I'm looking forward to a new month and another chapter... and I'm looking forward to writing it. Because, as plain and simple as it sounds... I love to write.

Dear mommy-friends, what are you looking forward to?

feeling a little bit wistful,