It’s officially been one year!
One year since I set up my blog.
One year since I posted my first post.
One year since I got out of my comfort zone.
One year since I stopped making excuses.
One year since I finally just did it.
The idea of starting a blog had been circulating in my mind for several years. I’ve always enjoyed writing, I’ve always loved to share my honest experiences and reviews on places I’ve been to and talk frankly about my parenting truths. Plus I needed a creative output, the endless cycle of laundry and dishes wasn’t doing it for me. I needed something else. So a good friend planted the idea of writing a blog. Then another friend whispered some kind encouragement about writing online, then another friend yelled at me and basically told me to get off of my butt and just do it already.
So I finally did it. I set up a blog. This Mama Needs a Vacay was born. It took multiple false starts for this blog. I was trying to find the right focus, the right name, the right look. Nothing ever felt perfect, so it all just lay lost someplace out on the inter web. But somehow, this time one year ago, I just did it. I created this site, imperfect as it was, imperfect as it still is. But it’s here, and it’s been one whole year.
But in this last year, every like, every click, every comment, every DM, every share, every text message, every word of support that I have gotten from family, friends and strangers
has given This Mama a purpose. So I thank you. I thank you for all of your support. I thank you for every click, comment, share. I thank you for reading this.
What’s up next? I don’t know exactly. But I do know that I started this strictly as a family travel blog because I was playing it safe. I had also had a banner travel year celebrating my 40th birthday so I had lots of content to share. However I’ve got more to share. So slowly I’m helping the blog turn into a different direction where there still will any kind of travel related content that I can muster up (which also means, ahem – honey, I need to book some trips!). I’m also going to share more of my parenting thoughts and journey. I’m going to share my interests in reading, fashion, eating out and basically thoughts on whatever may be happening out in the world. I’m going to share more of this mama.
I hope you continue to stay on this journey with me. But more than anything else, I thank you for being here already and for reading this.
