January and NaBloPoMo – The BEST Month

I participated in the National Blog Posting Month for the first time in November and I was successful.  It was HARD.   There were some posts I dis not like.  There were some weekend days where I think no one was online and I posted for nothing.   There was a day when we were at the beach and I had to post from my blackberry with almost no service and it took me more than an hour to post the two or three sentences.   I don;t think that blogs must have daily posts to be successful at all.  But it made me proud to do it and it was a form of personal discipline that I needed after being out of “the office” for almost 2 1/2 years now.   Then, in December, I only posted 6 times.  Granted, the posts were short novels but still, my lack of commitment is embarrassing. 

I decided that I need some commitment to post while my life is so crazy or I just don’t ever hit publish – even when I write.   Therefore, despite the fact that I am having a baby this month I jumped in for January and I am happy that I did.  I am already re-connecting with people and enjoying my blogging again and I am starting to have great IDEAS again for posts this year.  One idea breeds another and for me, writing more is a very good thing.  Also,  writing helps me to process my emotions and thoughts and figure out what is going on with me, making me a better motehr, a better friend and a better blogger.

Long term I want to commit to posting 5 times per week but here and there I will be participating in this awesome group!  I am participating for January 2010 and barring extreme circumstances I will be posting each and every day this month.  Oh, I just know you are drooling!

The theme for January is BEST.   How perfect.

I am now saying, despite all of my worries and fears, that this will certainly be one of the BEST months of my life.  Our family will grow with the birth of our little girl.  There is simply nothing better for me than the birth of a baby.  The fact that this one is mine makes it all the better.  I am ecstatic that I am blessed enough to have a wonderful husband and 2 healthy children in my home already.  I am now going to be triply blessed with this baby.  No matter how difficult my fertility journey has sometimes been (I struggled with miscarriage) I know that I am so blessed to be able to have these babies and I thank God each and every day.

So…

For this new month and this new year…

For this new baby and for Sophia and Miles

For my husband Ross

For my family and for my friends and for my community

I want to be the BEST I can be.  I will strive to be the BEST MOM I can be, the BEST WIFE I can be, the BEST FRIEND I can be, the BEST SISTER AND DAUGHTER I can be and even the BEST CITIZEN I can be.  

It is so simple and yet  it is always so hard to really be your best self.   I know I will struggle and stumble and fall but as long as I keep reminding myself of all that I am blessed with and all that I have to offer I think I will definitely turn out to be better at all of the roles I play – even if I’m not always the BEST. 

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