Back From The Void

You may have noticed the yawning chasm that is this blog; started enthusiastically in late November 2010, full of promise, perkiness and the kind of spirit that comes with the territory when you are imminently expecting your first child.

What's interesting is that in my effort to find inspiration as well as an original title, I searched for other similar blogs at the time, and found many that were surprisingly underpopulated or indeed, completely neglected. I remember feeling rather miffed that someone had reserved a great domain name for themselves (i.e. 'Mum's The Word') and then done absolutely nothing to advance it beyond a lonely title and a blank page. Fifteen long months later, mine befell a similar fate and now I finally understand why.

Becoming a parent is the single most difficult, all-encompassing, mentally and physically draining, devastatingly wonderful, world shattering event that will EVER happen to you.



Prepare for change, commitment and exhaustion beyond anything you have ever imagined.
Prepare to experience a love so true that it feels as though you wear your heart on the outside instead of within.




As for blogging...forget it! Even if I had found the time, my creative brain was long gone, leaving only a creaking sign in a tumbleweed wasteland that read, "Back Next Year - Possibly..."

Here I am, though. Now it's time to fill the void with some recounts from the last fifteen months.