Hi, Hi, Hi!

Hi, there! Thanks for popping over here! I’m having some major deja vu here, flashing back to hours hunched over my laptop in college writing blog posts. Remember Blogger? Am I dating myself? 😅

Like everyone else who seems to be hopping on the Substack train, I’ve desperately missed the longer form writing. I’ve missed dumping thoughts and feelings onto “paper”, sharing stories and opinions, and capturing who I am and what matters to me. I’ve always loved looking back at old blog posts and remembering what life was like in that chapter — and taking stock of how much growth has happened since.

After the days of blogging dwindled, I didn’t really replace that hobby with anything else. I dug into my work, I dug into my relationship, and my family life. Sure, Instagram has always been a place to document moments, but truthfully, I’ve never felt like I was doing that for ME. Instagram feels like the place where I keep up with everyone else. Now, for the record, I LOVE Instagram. I like connecting with the people I love, meeting new friends, finding others who are walking the same walk I am. I love the inspiration it brings me and it really has made my life better in so many ways. But I often find myself only sharing what I think other people want to see. More honestly, what I want other people to see — the happy moments, the successes, the pretty “afters” with a bow on top. Like how I didn’t share about our IVF journey…until after I was pregnant. Until I could show people, “See this hard thing I did?! It’s over now! I did it! I won!” But how life-giving would it have been to get really vulnerable and messy? To say, “I’m about to walk into this world I know nothing about and I am scared out of my ever-loving mind. Sit with me?”

I’d love for this to be a place where I reconnect with that piece of me, the piece that feels better after dumping the words out and sorting through the thoughts. And I’d love for you to be here with me. I hope to catch you up on the things I’ve done, won, and lost. To share my favorite finds, my thoughts and ramblings, and myself. For you AND for me. Thanks for being here, friend. It means the world.