When I wrote my last post, I did not know what was to come in 2012. I had wanted to take a break, not necessarily from blogging, but from the computer. It had become a bit of a time waster.
I had wanted to spend more quality time with my children:
doing, making, being
And in my home:
doing, making, being
And in my home:
doing, making, being
But 2012 has not been the slow and simple year that I was so desperately yearning for. Instead my life, kind of, turned upside-down-and-inside-out, on so many levels, it's exhausting just thinking about it.
Despite this, during the craziest of days, I found that I missed this space. Sometimes there would be:
Despite this, during the craziest of days, I found that I missed this space. Sometimes there would be:
a moment, a thought, a discovery
That I would have liked to have shared.
It was only last week that I returned to the pages of Monkeemoomoo for the first time in seven months. While making some adjustments (a WIP) I saw my blog with new eyes and remembered the main reason that I started blogging in the first place.
It was to find the beauty and joy in every day
It was so the small details of every day would not go unnoticed or be overshadowed by the big life events, the sometimes, 'not so great' life events. I realised at once, that I had missed so much of 2012 by focusing on the bad. It is time to refocus.
I also had a chance to sit down and catch up on my blog reading. It had been a while. I really think the world is a better place because of the blogging community. Don't you?
Because of you, fellow bloggers, I have discovered wonderful handmade products, books, movies, music, shops and places. I have cooked delicious new recipes and I have crafted things. Yes? me! Until 3 years ago, I hadn't crafted since I was 10 years old!
Because of you, I felt I could do anything.
Because of you, I felt I could do anything.
There is great wisdom to be found.
There is great inspiration.
Maybe I, could inspire someone? or perhaps brighten your day. I know that sometimes reading about an op shop find, freshly baked cookies or a just finished craft project, makes me smile.
Beauty can be found in the simplest things.
Beauty can be found in the simplest things.
So, a tad gingerly, I return to this space. I'm not promising anything. I will be here when I can be, prattling on about anything that comes to mind.
I hope to see you here sometimes too.
I hope to see you here sometimes too.
(These photos are of a holiday the kids took with Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa to Kingscliff, earlier in the year.)
