2016 recap
Somewhere along the way in 216 I stopped blogging. Somewhere along the way in 2016 I stopped enjoying blogging. I've alluded to this before...that journaling my kids' lives has become a weight on my shoulders instead of an outlet of laughter, memories, and reflection. It's probably because there are three busy, young lives to report on; little people who do funny and crazy things every minute of every day and I cannot capture it all, and so it becomes overwhelming to me. And because since August of this past year (2016), I have been on a roller coaster ride, along with Benny, as we have experienced Kindergarten for him. I have collected all of my text message and email communication to friends and family, messages that express the day to day emotions I've experienced, hoping that I would have the energy to simply copy and paste them here as a recap of the past 6 months. But even that seems overwhelming. I imagine Benny reading this years from now, and I want to