Hello again.

How much time has passed since that last post to my dear daughter.  It feels like a lifetime ago that I have sat down and penned (typed) my thoughts for the world to see, or for myself to reflect on.  Is it laziness? Perhaps.  Is it getting caught up in life? Most likely.  Are these just excuses? Well, yes.  In a way. 
To get away from my writing, or blogging, for me is like taking a piece of my character and stuffing it into a closet for safe keeping.  It just sits there, day in and day out, not being used or made better.  So, here I am, dusting off this piece of me and giving it a good shake.  It is the first day of spring, after all.  Let's get some cleaning done!

Since that last post, our family has grown and a wonderful, rambunctious son has joined our crew.  He is every bit as scrumptious as my daughter.  Just add some "puppy dogs tails" to the mix and you have my little 15 month old toddling baby boy. 

My "baby girl" is all of 5 (AND A HALF she will loudly pronounce).  How time flies (so cliché, and so incredibly true).  She is as imaginative as she is strong-willed, and yet sensitive and so caring with others.  What a wonderful nature she has!

And since this last blog, I find myself 4 whole years older, and the people around me changed. Some for better, some for worse.  Some have left us, eternal memory! And some have been welcomed with open arms, as our son was  almost 16 months ago. 

So, where does this leave me with my blogging?  What direction am I going to take this in?  Well, the musings will continue, as the title and opening blog post suggest, but I would like to write more about daily life.  From a few different perspectives.  A mother's perspective, an Orthodox Christian's perspective, a woman's perspective, a baker/knitter/crafter's perspective, even from a teacher's perspective.  I am seriously considering changing the blog's name as it doesn't feel quite right anymore.  This I will have to contemplate for a while.  "Scattered Grace" was a title I have been mulling around in my head.  It just seems to fit so much better with where I am in life at the moment.  Not to say that I am scattered with my faith - although I feel that way sometimes, but it's more about finding grace in the most interesting places, and writing about them, as well as ordinary things. 
Anyway, it's something to think about. 

And with this, my first post of 2016, as well as the first one in over 4 years, I will end my musings and start afresh tomorrow.  So many ideas as to what to write about!  Stay tuned, "dear void." for more to come.  Sooner, hopefully, than later. 
God Bless!