Okay, let's try this again

It's funny how even seemingly easy things become tough to accomplish when you are in the throes of raising two small boys. My extended hiatus from blogging is a result of that, but I am recommitting to it NOW.

Since my last post I've gotten really good at making excuses...I don't have anything clever to say, I don't feel inspired, I'm just too damn tired. The truth is, I still feel this way, BUT, I finally see this blog for what it is and should be...a vehicle to my sanity and my family's well being.

The last two years have been quite a ride. In short: Leo came on the scene, we all painfully adjusted to life as a family of four, I had to see a shrink for crippling anxiety, and Frank had to keep his sh*% together so that I could periodically fall apart. Where are we now? Well, Leo is two, Sam is five (in a week and a half), I am still falling apart periodically, and Frank is still keeping his sh*% together for the sake of our family.

Are we happy? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. But, at the end of every great/horrible/exhausting/hysterical day, I get to kiss two healthy children and one hardworking papa goodnight. That's something. And it is from this vantage point that I recommit to this blogging thing.

If love is a lunch box, then I am going to write about what's in it, even if it is bologna on cheap white bread with the crusts still on.