{"id":13873,"date":"2018-01-18T10:11:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=13873"},"modified":"2018-01-18T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:11:04","slug":"heres-to-many-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/18\/heres-to-many-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s to Many More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five years ago I set out on a journey. On January 18, 2013, I hit “publish” on my very first post<\/a>. I opened up my words, my world and my soul for all to see.<\/p>\n

In that moment, I didn’t really have any sort of expectations. I had a reason for starting a blog<\/a>, but I certainly didn’t have a plan.<\/p>\n

I knew from the start writing would be an outlet for me. I knew what I wanted to do but I had no idea what I wanted to achieve.<\/p>\n

Which makes sitting here five years later all the more amazing.\"\"<\/p>\n

I started as just a mommy trying to find my way through the world. It started with just a few friends checking in each day as I wrote about my daily mommying experiences and adventures.<\/p>\n

Over time, things have grown steadily, though slowly. I’ve learned about what it takes to “make it.” I’ve put in countless hours and unquantifiable energy to make this place wonderful.<\/p>\n

It has grown into a place where I can share not only my feelings and experiences but offer advice and camaraderie to other mommies living this crazy life.<\/p>\n

And while I have no idea what the future holds, or where I hope to take this in next five years (or 5 minutes, even), I do know that it’s not going anywhere.<\/p>\n

I’m not giving up. I’m not shutting down.<\/h4>\n

I’ve put too much of myself into these past five years and I can not imagine my life without all the wonderful things being here brings.<\/p>\n

This journey has not always been easy, though. It has been fraught with doubt and frustration and wondering “why?!”<\/p>\n

I’ve learned to walk a fine line between sharing and over-sharing. Between telling my stories and protecting my children.<\/p>\n

I’ve always been wildly protective of my family. Of their experiences, their feelings, their privacy. I will not pick them apart, put them down or destroy who they are.<\/p>\n

My head constantly swims with words, eager to rush out of me. But the stories inside me are not always mine alone to\u00a0share.<\/p>\n

There are times when the things I want to say are not for public viewing. When all the things I want to scream from the rooftops must be kept, instead, whispering inside me.<\/p>\n

The past 5 years (5 months, 5 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes…) have not been without joy and happiness, nor have they been without pain and anguish.<\/p>\n

Sometimes all those feelings come out in my writing, in what I share with the world. And other times I choose to keep those feelings, moments, words to myself.<\/p>\n

For five years, this has been a safe space for me. It has been a place where I can always return “home” to.<\/p>\n

Just like my family, I have been wildly protective of this space. I am careful what I put out there and who I let in. I have felt immense pride and achievement throughout this journey but I have also opened myself up to hate and hurt.<\/p>\n

But even when my words go silent and I seem absent from this place, it is in my heart. And I will always return.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five years ago I set out on a journey. On January 18, 2013, I hit “publish” on my very first post. I opened up my words, my world and my soul for all to see. In that moment, I didn’t really have any sort of expectations. I had a reason for starting a blog, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13873"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13880,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873\/revisions\/13880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}