There's a First Time for Everything

Well, here we go. I am starting this particular blog for so many reasons, but as the name implies, mainly to discuss the things I am doing to try to be the best mother I can be to my children. This includes, but certainly is not limited to: greening our homelife for the betterment of their future, refining myself and my habits so as to be a better influence for them, and trying to rediscover myself in the process. Like most dedicated mothers, I let myself (not "mommy" me, or "wifey" me, but that person I am when I am not those individuals) slip away in the hustle and bustle of every day existence. I am not saying I am not blissfully in love with being a mom and a wife of ten plus years of marriage, but simply put, I need to rediscover who I am intrinsically. I think alot of us do. One of the things I have put to the side is writing, and I vow here and now to pull that out of its old dusty box and let the world know what I am thinking! I cannot even express how that takes me out of my comfort zone, but what would a comfort zone be if there were not those times we strayed from it? Sure, we would all love for life to be pillows and martinis, but get real... this is life. It is flawed, messy, and complicated. It is also, however, blissful, full of wonder, hope, and exuberance, and I will forever after embrace it with an open heart and a thick skin! I want my children to look back on their childhood and be proud to call me mom. Isn't that what we should all hope for?