Welcome

Hello there, and welcome. My name is Beth,* and I’ve started this blog in the hopes that keeping it will help me to remember the goals that I’ve set for myself and my family. I always have such wonderful plans and ideas for us, but they seem to get lost in the day to day shuffle. When I take the time to read and think about them, I get excited and re-energized - in other words, I find I do better with frequent reminders.

And, now, a little bit about me: I’m a stay at home mom with two small boys; Thomas, 3, and James, 1. My husband, Paul, works very hard and I feel fortunate that we can live comfortably on one income. To be perfectly honest, I’m sure that a lot of that has more to do with the way we spend our money than the amount that we get. I see so many of our friends, both the husband and the wife working, and for what? A new bedroom set, or a more expensive car? We had a couple and their small son over for dinner last week, and the wife mentioned that they try not to hold their son too much because he “might get used to it,” and then he would be unhappy at daycare because they don’t have enough people to hold the babies more than absolutely necessary. Isn’t that terribly sad?

That reminds me: I need to go hug my babies now.

*Beth is not my real name. No one named in this blog will be named by their actual names. I know it doesn’t really matter, but I’ve always thought it was polite to give readers notice of that sort of thing.