It begins.

Hello to you, new world!

I have often thought about taking the, what seems to be, giant leap, into the "blogger life"; to join all you wonderfully expressive and inspiring people out there who have impacted me with your words. I'm not sure why I finally decided to do it..... to actually take the time to walk in the office, sit down at the computer, sign up for an account, create a title and start typing away.... but here I am, and I feel good. I feel refreshed. I feel that is my first step on a new journey that I'm excited about. I'm excited to share my feelings with you, whoever you are, maybe you're no-one, and that would be okay. I have been thinking so much about the future lately, especially the future of my beautiful, energetic, exhausting, intelligent, spunky, chunky, little Olive, and what I want and wish for her. I want and wish for her to know about this time in her life, this time in her family's life. To know what thoughts go through my mind on a daily basis, the struggles and joys Mike and I face as a partnership and family, what she teaches me from moment to moment, and the miracle's (big and small) the lord SO often pours upon us. I want and wish this for her and for her children.

Despite everything that tends to make me often feel otherwise, right now I feel blessed, I feel happy, I feel thankful. For many things.

I'm excited to begin! I guess this is going to be all for now. From what I'm hearing coming from the N.W. corner of our humble abode, Olive's nap was short lived... and I must attend to my little lollie-pop!