A year can be a lifetime

I haven't given this blog much thought in the past year, just the occasional flicker of oh yea, I should make a post about the baby or I sort of miss utilizing that platform. Well, almost one year later, here I am typing up a post. You may think you see that life is swiftly changing, but until you go to write about it and realize you have no idea how to connect what was happening then in a coherent manner to what is happening now... It is shocking to discover how many things have really changed. Things that you wouldn't even consider significant until you realize how interconnected it all is. We will leave it at this: This year has been the most fulfilling and the most challenging. It has been a year of growth and learning, trial and error, and ultimately a year steeped in love.
I am no longer counting down the days till I have a sweet baby girl in my arms, instead I am wrestling to hold a rambunctious 9 month old and trying to sneak in the cuddles where I can. She is daring, intelligent, and so full of light and personality. I often wonder how it all fits inside her tiny body. I'm working every day to be a good momma to her and help her understand her world and all the things, good and bad, that are a part of it.
Another big change: I am now an unemployed college undergraduate! That's what grad school is for though...
Clark has been making big changes to care for our family as well. I am incredibly proud of his accomplishments thus far and I know that he is doing it all to provide for our family's future. I am now counting down the days until we can be under the same roof again. December can't get here quickly enough! Although that also means my baby will be a year old and I don't know if I'm quite willing to accept that she will be officially a toddler that soon.
I've decided to start writing this blog again as a place for me to come and share for myself to look back on and as a place for others. I will be making some updates to our about section as well, but for now it's back to my momma duties.