The Birth of a New Blog

I am a mid-30s mother of three children. I actually have had four children but our third child, Christian, died in utero at 15 weeks. Now at home we have Sophia (age 3), James (age 2), and Jacob (age 4 months). Life with them is wonderful and insane all at the same time. I found myself going from a professional women to a busy mother at a neck braking speed...and my neck still hurts. I am still adjusting to this change. I have been searching for outlets to help me vent about my day so that I may feel human. What I found was that other people may feel like you do but they don't want to talk about it or hear about it. Most recently I discovered this. How you might ask? Well, it was my neighbor Tom.

Let me start by saying I love my neighborhood and, so far, everyone that I have met on my street. Everyone is kind and fun and it is a great place to live. We have lived here for a year now. Here is the story of Tom. Tom and his wife Jen were at a social event with my husband, Jim and I. Jim and I arrived late...because of the children. I needed a drink and fast. That was my mission when I arrived at the social event. "Get a drink and you will calm down.", was what was going through my head. Before I could get my drink I ran into our neighbors. Almost immediately I found myself venting to Jen. Tom came up and as he heard me talking I saw him give me a look that said, "Oh great, she is talking/complaining about her kids again." It even included a partial eye roll! It is with that look that I am starting this blog. I have realized that I am with my children all day long. They are stressful. They are fun. They are exhausting and frustrating. They are loving. There are so many things I feel in a day as a result of these children. To save my sanity I need to let it out! So...I found myself in social situations only talking about my children. I have completely forgotten how to engage in normal adult conversation. Not to mention, I now have poor grammar. When did that happen! I am a speech pathologist for crying out loud!!! I need to vent and share about my at home life. Clearly, thanks to Tom, I need to find another avenue of doing it. Hence, the birth of My Three Little Ducklings.

I named the blog this because I often call my children ducklings as we are out and I need them to come to me. It gathers them together and they follow me, like little ducks. I am their mama duck and they are my ducklings. And they are beautiful!