Comraderie 3-31-10

Comraderie

Today was much like many other days in the past that I used to blog about in detail...we went on a walk, went to the park, played outside, ran through the sprinkler (yeah, I think that was a first for March, but it was nearly 75 degrees today!), and even squeaked in a bike ride tonight. It was a beautiful, gorgeous day...the type you can feel and smell and drink (I sound like Anne of Green Gables). Anyway, we enjoyed every moment of the day and as I was riding with the boys tonight I started thinking about how I used to have the time to blog details of my life, and how that has all radically changed. How I miss blogging and yet, know that for now, it is where it should be in my life.

I think this thinking spawned from reading my subs list today. I couldn't help but notice that I am not the only one feeling like xanga has radically changed from what it used to be. I have been thinking about this for awhile, and I think to a large degree the camaraderie we all had there for a few years was based upon our stage in life. We still have the camaraderie, but instead of having one or two small children, we now have two or four small and big children. Instead of chasing a toddler around and cleaning up play doh, we are chasing multiple children around, often to activities and in all different directions. Or those of us that used to not have any children, are now chasing around busy toddlers and selling houses and keeping up with life. Life has changed for all of us...years tend to do that.

But you know what I think the most? I think that while we all miss what we used to have on here, most of us have found something else that is beautiful and speaks greatly to how God used our xanga relationships in our lives. What? Well, how many times did we encourage one another to spend time with our children...to cherish the moments...to be purposeful about parenting? I learned much of what I know about parenting from many of you. But as I added children and as you all did too, I think we found that we had to decide...to either open the computer less...or invest in our children less. When our kids were younger it was easy to blog and talk to one another while our child (ren) took one of their three naps in a day...or to read while they mindlessly unloaded the Tupperware cabinet for the 400th time. But as they grew, we grew. And without even noticing it, we spent less and less time on here, and more and more time being purposeful with our time...investing in our children and organizing our days in such a way as to cherish the moments. And you want to know the best part: we did it together. All of us that so miss the "old days" of blogging...the "core xanga group"...we all kind of went through this transition together just like we did so many before it. And the good news: one day we will have more time, and most likely, we will reopen our computers and strike up right where we left off, bc that is what true friends do.

I miss you guys. But I know you are right where you need to be. We all still drop in from time to time...but blogging for most of us has taken on a new role...a secondary role. And while I miss the "old days" and the way it used to be...I thank God for each of you and the commitment I see in you to continuously strive to balance motherhood with social networking and everything else. Even through our lack of communication (blogging, comments, etc) you are still teaching and encouraging me, bc I know your hearts ...and that ultimately...we are each exactly where we should be at this moment.