Daily Dose of Mama: I'm long-winded...

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

I'm long-winded...

...but not today.

This blog has been sitting, empty and burning a hole in my blogging pants, for a while now. As I continue to navigate motherhood I feel this intense need to pour my thoughts out…big and small…but that is starting to C-L-U-T-T-E-R up our family blog. I started another blog a few months back for a diet that I am "trying" to stick to, but I found that writing about food wasn't helpful for the actual diet…but I digress.

My goal for this blog is primarily selfish. Create a space where I can pour out my thoughts about motherhood, a la a journal, and eventually compile them in a private book form, a la an ACTUALLY journal. Maybe my kids will one day find my thoughts interesting, or maybe someone reading this blog (and I have zero expectations for anyone actually reading this blog) will get something out of it, or maybe it will be another way for me to waste time when I should be working or focusing intently on the little Apple of My Eye, but I'm going to enjoy having a place to "word vomit," because I find word vomit so much more enjoyable than Little Bug vomit.

I've taken great pains to keep this blog completely anonymous to protect my family and myself because I assume there will be days when I might share parts of my life or story that I'm not keen on broadcasting around with my (or my husband or son's) name attached. Or maybe not…I think we might be a pretty boring bunch with a slightly more interesting story.

Okay, so I lied...I'm long-winded every day.

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Everyday Mama

I'm a 32-year-old everyday mama. My husband (Appa) and I adopted our first son Little Bug (at 10 months old) from Korea in September 2008. We adopted our second son, Little Bro, from Korea in April 2011 at age 21 months. We adopted our third son,Little Moon, at age 3 in November 2013. I've wanted to be a mama for a long time, but I'm still trying to figure out the reality of it all and take time to enjoy the delicate beauty of the highs and the lows.

I worked full time as an editor, which I loved; but I made the bittersweet decision to stay home with my children after Little Bro came home. I'm now clumsily finding my footing in a new world of housekeeping, menu planning, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and rainy-day activities, as well as navigating the world of IEPs, parent advocacy, and special needs education (spoiler: I suck at house work). My husband is hot and smart and quiet and loyal, and I think (know) my sons are the cutest, happiest little boys in the world.

I also struggle at times with mild depression, anxiety, post-adoption depression, my husband's constant absence due to his stressful and super time-consuming job, the challenges of helping my older son with his sometimes exhausting special needs, and our transition to a family of three little boys with just 19 and 14 months between them. I worry way too much about what people think of me, hate talking on the phone, and I am trying to trust myself more.

Oh yeah, I'm unable to give birth to children; love books, writing, traveling, and the color brown; hate to clean, cook, craft, or do laundry; allergic to pretty much everything but food (thank God); and think camping in anything but a tent is lame.

I needed somewhere to drop my daily mama thoughts and musings on toddler poop to avoid massive clutter and ramblings on our private family blog. Writing it down on paper is so '90s.

This is my everyday "blournal" as I navigate through my life as a first-time (or is it third-time now?) mama and long-time me. So....hi.

You can contact me at daily.dose.of.mama (at) gmail.com.

THE CONTENT OF THIS BLOG IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED.

As an editor, I deal with people on a regular basis who think images or content on the internet (whether it does or does not have a copyright designation) are "fair use." Your lesson for the day is that anything someone writes or creates that is published on the internet is copyright protected, whether he or she spells it out or not. Although I doubt anyone wants to steal my riveting posts on toddler poop, it doesn't hurt to educate the world about the wonderful magic of online copyright law.