The Comeback We Have All Been Waiting For

Today is a big day for Weinerville.  We are making a comeback with a new look, new adventures, closing chapters, starting new ones, with so many other things in the works!  I started this blog a few years ago with the intent to write about my family so that one day I would have a diary for my kids and family to look back on and for friends and extended family to keep up with what we had going on.  I never really knew where this journey would take me.

Over the last year and a half I have put my blog to the side.  I was suffering from depression, the abrupt changes in life, the situations that I could not control and to be quite honest I was not sure how people would receive the story I had to tell (if you are new you can catch up here).  I wrote a little here and there and over time it began to feel good again.  It felt like therapy.   Every time I sat down to write the clicking of the keys on the keyboard  reminded me of that trendy little Vanessa Carlton song would play in my head.  My thoughts would wander and I often wondered about my purpose and my blogs purpose were and why in the world did I ever care what people thought.

One day while cruising through one of the Facebook groups I am a part of that is full of other Mom Bloggers, I left a comment on a post with a link to my blog.  The post was about an upcoming blog another Mom was writing and it would feature several other Mom Bloggers.  I never thought in a million years that my blog would be chosen as one of the ones to be featured.  Heck, I didn’t even think anyone else would even read it.  I was wrong.

I came home to a Facebook message from The Stay Sane Mom.  She said that she had read through my blog and had really enjoyed it.  She enjoyed it so much that she wanted to include it in an upcoming post she was writing called “The 33 Best Mom Blogs You Haven’t Read Yet.”  You have no idea how much this has inspired me.  I was so excited.  This was a new adventure for me.  This was an opportunity I really never saw coming.  This was my comeback.  This is my chance to start something new.  The blurb she wrote about me actually brought me to tears.  It was gratifying to know that someone out there was enjoying what I was doing.

“This one is run by a mamma of six kids. (Yeah, you thought you were overwhelmed?  I said six kids…and she has time to run a blog.  I have two and I’m lucky if my shoes match each other.)  Tracey moms two adopted teenage girls and four boys that are biologically hers (hence the name Weinerville).  Even with this comically-large tribe, her finesse, grace, and honesty make this blog unexpectedly magnetic.  I found myself clicking on a post out of curiosity and finding myself unable to stop reading.  Drop in for a read and I promise you’ll be equally spellbound.”

 I decided to refresh of my entire site.  I have spent the last month brainstorming, working with a web designer for my blog makeover and have finally felt like I had a purpose again.  Yes, my main purpose is my husband and my family but this has given me new life. During a review of one the many revisions we made I saw a blurb that he wrote on the side bar.  It said, “Join 740 other subscribers.”  I said, “I think you have the subscriber information wrong.”  I was sure this number was in correct or maybe he just made it up to make me look good.  No, this number was 100% accurate.   All of this time I thought I had about 23 subscribers…LOL I am obviously technologically challenged.  But 740 subscribers?  What???  Really?!?? That number blew me away.  It also humbled me.  All of this time I thought I was just really writing for myself.  So to all of you 740 subscribers, Thank You.  Thank you for sticking with me, being patient, and being a apart of my journey.

This refresh  has also inspired me to dream big again and to do something that I have wanted to do for a while…like start a charity.  I do not want to give many details on that quite yet as I am still working on the details.  But, I can tell you this has been on my heart and in the back of my mind since the day our house burned down.  When you are in the middle of a storm all you can really do is damage control.  I have wanted so badly to express my gratitude and to give back to the community that helped pick us back up.  I have wanted to give to the people in the future who are standing in their very own storm.  We can’t prevent the storms from coming but we can help make that storm less intense.  We can share our experiences, tell our stories, listen and be there to help pick someone back up.

This refresh also connected  me with a Mom who just so happens to run her own online clothing boutique, Eddelle Boutique.  She she is a mom of boy and girl twin and she is a Marine Corp Veteran.  She and I have several things in common and together we are teaming up on December 2 to do a Facebook and Instagram Like and Share Giveaway…wow that was a mouth full!  You should check out our social media so you are in the loop!  You should also check out Eddelle Boutique and get some of your Christmas shopping done.

There are just so many things that I am happy about again.  I am currently working on new recipes that will be coming soon, preparing for my Daughter’s Graduation, dabbling in photography, focusing on the details of my charity and goodness gracious trying to take care of all of the Christmas necessities at the same time. Right now in this moment my life is good.

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read. Life is about growing, falling and learning to get back up, being true to yourself and being the best you.  This is me doing all of those things…this is my COMEBACK! I would love nothing more than for you to like, share, pin, subscribe, join me on social media, collaborate with me and really just join me in these new adventures.  If reading just really isn’t your thing you can follow us on YouTube.  Life is about growing, falling and learning to get back up, being true to yourself and being the best you.