I don’t know what’s going on with my blog anymore, guys. Hah! I’ve said this previously but one of my big goals for 2019 was to be more consistent with blogging but clearly that hasn’t happened. 2019 has been one of the weirdest years to date for me … there’s a lot going on behind the scenes that has just kept my emotional energy sapped and I therefore don’t have the brain space or desire to be blogging a lot. With that said, though, I’ve been blogging since I was pregnant with E back in 2010 (on various platforms, not necessarily on this site) and it feels weird to not have regular snapshots of my life to read back on right now. I look at baby A and I can’t believe she’s almost 2… and I hardly have any posts on what the past two years of her life have been like!

I’ve struggled (and am still struggling) to clarify what exactly I want this blog to be. My previous blogs that I’ve had have been more light-hearted in content. Family moments that I wanted to capture and remember … and then I created mannaformommy as a platform to write about the about heavier, special-needs side of parenting that I oftentimes deal with as well. But the truth is, my real, everyday life is an equal balance of both: light-hearted, normal stuff, mom life AND heart-breaking special needs parenting. So maybe my blog can be both? The good, the bad, and the ugly? The inconsequential and the significant? I don’t know … what do you guys think?

I know that Instagram blogging is also becoming more popular now … a lot of my most favorite bloggers have started moving exclusively into IG as their main platform, which makes a lot of sense because it’s easier to reach a wide audience through IG, I think. I considered making that switch too but I don’t know, I like having a main blog “hub” so to speak. I’m also such a creature of habit and naturally really dislike change so … call me old school but I’m not ready to give up on my blog just yet.

I don’t really have a point to this. Just to say hi and that this blog is never far from my mind or my heart, and that I do have a desire to really jump back into it again but I’m not sure how/when it will happen. So thank you for sticking around and being patient if you’re still here and reading 🙂

XO, Sophia