Dear Blog Friends,
Today is when I would normally type some letters to random things to fill you in on the little things that don’t often get blogged about. Instead, I just thought I’d write you a letter and tell you a little bit about what I’m thinking. Taz + Belly has been in a little bit of a flux the past few weeks as I try to figure out some kind of regular posting schedule to help me not feel so overwhelmed. I love writing here, not only to preserve our memories for our little people and so we can read about our youth when we’re old and gray, but I love connecting with you — my virtual friends. I go through spurts where I blog often and then life happens and I feel guilty for not keeping up. There are posts with many comments and follow up emails and others with lots of crickets. I wonder if you would care about the mundane moments that I overlook and if the things I deem important are boring you altogether.
I read a post a few weeks ago that really stuck with me and helped shed some light on all the things I’m feeling — not just blog related, but Kristin related. There are so many facets of my life that feel like a hamster wheel right now. Turning and turning, but getting me nowhere. I keep trying to get to where I’m going, but I’m afraid I’m missing so many things because I’m trying to get there in a hurry instead of taking the time to enjoy the trip.
I want the things I share here to have quality, to mean something. I don’t want to ramble on for a lack of something to say. I want to be more transparent and share more about our life, not just pretty pictures that I take for the sake of having something to share. For the immediate future, I’m only going to be blogging three days a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I’ll be sharing letters on Monday, like always, but they might look a little different, too. A three day posting schedule will help my daily schedule a bit and allow me to have posts written a few weeks in advance so that when life inevitably happens, I don’t drop off the face of the blog. It might mean a slight delay in birthday posts and Christmas recaps, but I’m hoping it will help you know what to expect from week to week and look forward to what’s to come. The thing I have loved most about blogging is the relationships. I love reading your comments and even better are the sweet emails from readers that always come at just the right moment. I’m hoping that more posts from my heart will equal more dialogue and better friendships in the months to come.
