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Swimming Summer Away

 

As you all know motherhood, and parenting are a major part of who I am. And I don't mean it in the obvious: having a kid = being a mom. I know of several women that are absent moms, or sadly some that are just bored of having that responsibility. But me? For the longest time, "MOM" was the title that I defined myself by. Even though I know that's not all that I'm capable of being or doing, it's the most important job to me. And that little light of sunshine up there was the main inspiration for me to start this blog. It's named after her. So recently I've thought a lot about doing updates, or maybe a feature of how she's growing. I want to include milestones, current things she likes, and a few other tidbits. I spend a lot of time worrying about her privacy, so I don't want it to be too extensive. Just a glimpse. So, I've thought about doing a little interview with her and then posting her answers. I think that would be fun for her, and me. She's such a cool kid, and has taught me so much about unconditional love. I'd like to bring some of that out onto these "pages". I'm hoping to get that all figured out, and do about 3- 4 installments a year. My way of rounding things out on here. I use this blog a lot for my own personal things. My thoughts, feelings, and what I'm going through. I can imagine it can get kind of old to just hear about me. So, I want to figure out a way to incorporate my main reason for writing back into this space. Currently, it's just an idea. As we all know life can get busy, and once school starts things jump into overdrive for us. So, we'll see how it goes.

This summer didn't really go as planned. The little was not allowed to do a lot of physical activities at the beginning due to her hernia so that ruled out several camps. By the time she was given the green light to resume there were none open that she found interesting enough to sign up for. Now we're in the August, and it looks like there won't be much change. Or time. So, instead we've opted for pool time. We tried a lake in a nearby town, but it was horrible and disgusting. Then there's the issue of being a one income family, and everything deciding to breakdown all at once which has left me with very little to offer up for her. Thankfully our local pool only charges a dollar to get in, and she enjoys going. Her grandparents also bought a small pool to keep at their house for the times she wants to swim while over there as well. I can't say enough just how much my parents have helped out. Which is somewhat of a sore subject for me. But, I'm grateful. Really grateful. Next up on our calendar is back to school shopping which will take place next weekend; fingers crossed. And first day of classes start on the 23rd of this month. That's just in two weeks time, and I don't think either one of us is ready. But until that day gets here you'll find us at the pool. Swimming the last of summer away.

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