It amazes me that I have actually kept up with this blog for 8 1\/2 years.\u00a0 Mel created it and actually wrote the very first entries, promising me that he would be a frequent writer. (I can probably count on one hand how many entries he’s actually written.)\u00a0 I would have never guessed in a million years all of the topics I’d cover. \u00a0 Sure, I knew this blog would see McCanless grow and maybe add a sibling along the way, including photos of all of their firsts, family vacations, and memories.<\/p>\n
What began as a brag book of sorts morphed into a very real outlet for me.\u00a0 A place to sort out life and vent to world.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m a very private person.<\/p>\n
Ironic, I know.<\/p>\n
This blog has been my solace, my release.\u00a0 I can only hope that one day, as McCanless and Mary Clare read my words, they know that it isn’t only what I’m saying, but what so many people have read, others who have loved and prayed for them over the years.<\/p>\n
This blog parallels life.\u00a0 Ebb and flow.\u00a0 Some months, my entries are filled with certain struggle. Words come often and easily, sorting out complications, conflicts.\u00a0 Other months, life is busy.\u00a0 Days slipping away so quickly, leaving little time for thought.\u00a0 These are the months I treasure most.\u00a0 I should probably write more during these months to savor the fun and chaos of our young family.<\/p>\n
Tonight, as I sit and try to consume all that this blog represents and all that it has seen, I hear giggles from the girls’ room.\u00a0 Daddy caved and tucked them into bed yet again.\u00a0 This is after he got them juice, read a book, laid down for 15 minutes, and tucked them in 4 times previously.<\/em><\/p>\n Our life isn’t unlike anyone else’s.<\/p>\n We fall apart sometimes, we laugh hard, my girls melt down in the grocery store, get in trouble, we love.\u00a0 I melt down, Mel freaks out and we all wake up and start all over again.\u00a0 Every single day.\u00a0 Some chapters are easier than others, but each one has taught us.<\/p>\n Our life is exceptional.\u00a0 There is nothing that this blog has seen or that I’ve written about that I would change.\u00a0 Ever.<\/p>\n It is who we are.<\/p>\n Cheers to more months filled with only two or three blog entries!\u00a0 Life goes on!\u00a0 Life is grand!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It amazes me that I have actually kept up with this blog for 8 1\/2 years.\u00a0 Mel created it and actually wrote the very first entries, promising me that he would be a frequent writer. (I can probably count on one hand how many entries he’s actually written.)\u00a0 I would have never guessed in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8119,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116\/revisions\/8119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}