A Beautiful World

...And we're back! After two months off, I found that I really missed blogging. Instead of a blog only about budgeting, though, I wanted it to be something a little more general, where I could express all the joys and struggles of life. I often feel like I am in pursuit of this evasive concept of "normal." It seems that although I don't really know what it is, this concept seems to dominate my daily life. As a mom to a newborn, I wondered every day if what I was thinking and feeling was 'normal.' As Liam approaches toddler-hood, it still haunts me. Getting frustrated with a really adorable, energetic one-year old? Normal. Being a mom and still having days where I don't want to do anything? Normal. Being a mom and still getting sick? Not fun, but normal. Becoming parents and having to re-work communication issues as a couple that we thought we had already figured out? Normal.

Sometimes normal seems to be what I think I should be, or the perception of how other people are dealing with similar life circumstances. They must be normal, I think, and there's something wrong with me. But the more I live, and the more I let people into my life, the more I find one wonderful, freeing truth: we are all feeling very similar things on most days. This realization has made me so much more relaxed, and has allowed me to stop looking over my shoulder every moment of the day waiting for someone to tell me I'm not normal, and that I'm doing it all wrong.

So here we are...pursing normal. The everyday, mixed up, up one minute, down the next, wonderful ride of life. I am happy to be sharing it with you!