Honest Blogging
Well, so much for my plans to blog on a regular basis. February is almost over and I think this is my fourth post of the year… and I was going to post everyday. Every time I sit down to blog or think about blogging I don’t feel like I have anything worth writing about much less writing something that anyone else would want to read. Because believe me there are some awesome blogs out there. I don’t see how they turn out wonderful blog posts week after week. One of my favorites Heather Spohr somehow posts something every single day and she has a new baby. I read her blog daily and if I skip a day I get to read two the next day it’s like an extra treat…Another favorite in Attack of the Redneck Mommy this blog will have me laughing hysterically or crying one. I love her posts. There are so many others I love and I read them and think I could never write something that good. Because pretty much my extent of editing of any kind is using the spell check button and sometimes even spell check won’t recognize the word I am trying to spell. (This is a handy trait I inherited from my dad who butchers words as he sees fit.) Anyway all this to say that is why I have let this blog go.. I am a perfectionist if I can’t do it right why do it at all?
This is not a good attitude to have so I will try and push on with my new years resolution of honest blogging. I think I need to blog for myself first before trying to blog for the masses. Blogging is a great way to try and get your thoughts and feelings out of you. And I think that is something I need because I am at home all day with a 2 and 4 year old, and the conversation is not always that stimulating. Besides my husband can only take so much girl talk when he gets home from work. So hang on and buckle your seat belts because I plan to give you an earful in 2010.=-)
The 7th…
I just wanted to let Heather and Mike Spohr know that I am thinking and praying for them both today. It’s been three months since Maddie passed and we still remember her and will keep remembering her….
Beauty for Babies Auction
Here is a chance for you to get to bid on some awesome products and at the same time benefit the March of Dimes in Memory of Maddie Spohr. For more information please visit the following sites. Beauty for Babies Auction also visit the March for Maddie site. Also you can read about Maddie on Heather Spohr’s Site.
Do people really care?
Why do people blog? I am sure that people who do not blog wonder why? I for the longest times was just a reader of blogs. I personally thought it was interesting to see a snap shot into someone else’s daily life. I think people are strangely transparent when they blog maybe because they don’t really see the people or readers who they are writing too. Or if you are like me and just starting a blog you are not afraid for people to read it because you really don’t have a following.=-)
I dont’ know why other people start to blog, but I can tell you why I started. When I quit my job in April of 2008 I was really lonely. I mean I was used to being around adults all day and I worked with my very good friend. We sat by each other and ate lunch together every day and when you go from that to being around a 2 year old and a 5 month old well frankly put you want to blow your brains out sometimes. You go from having mostly stimulating adult conversations about kids, your husband, the economy, politics I mean everything to conversations that consist of which is your favortie Wiggle, what color you like the best to well … you are talking to a 2 year old. And your husband just never quite understands why you are like “oh yes another adult I can talk to”. He is really not that interested in your day of dirty diapers, dirty dishes (because they seem to never end) and snotty noses. He has put in his 8 hours and wants to come home and relax and you feel like climbing the walls because the kids are a. driving you crazy or b. you have not been out of the house all day because sometimes with two especially when one is a baby was just to darn hard. I know I am not the only one to feel this way so I started to blog about it. If nothing else it was a way for me to get my thoughts and frustrations out and down not on paper but online. And if anyone cares to read it then great.
So I blogged for a while but then just quit doing it, but I have started back up recently and I have really enjoyed it. Come to find out I really had no clue there were so many mommy blogs out there. Stay at home moms or working moms that are just like me and understand exactly what I am going through. It’s so nice to read what other mothers post and to feel like you are not the only stressed out crazy mom. Because no matter what foot we put forward in public our kids drive us nuts. We love them but sometimes… well if your are a mom you know exactly what I am talking about. We love em to death but they have a way of finding that one last nerve and just jumping all over it.
As far as people really caring what you have to say I think in the end they do. It lets them know they are not alone they can share thoughts and ideas and even love. I think this has really been demonstrated by the online out pouring of love for Heather Spohr and her husband Mike Spohr over their beautiful daughter Maddie’s passing. I for one have been touched and humbled by their willingness to openly share their joy in Maddie’s life with their fellow bloggers and the world. Heather’s post today made me cry and I just prayed for her and her family. It has made me hold my own Chickens a little tighter. And to be thankful for them in all their craziness.
If you would like to visit Heather Spohr’s blog the link is below:
http://www.thespohrsaremultiplying.com/
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Hugh Jackman, Twitter and Maddie Spohr
It’s been a bit of a rough week and a rough day but I wanted to post something really quick today. As many of you know I have been deeply touched by the passing of Maddie Spohr and have felt burdened for her family. I know I don’t personally know Mike and Heather Spoh but I have been deeply touched by them both and of course by Maddie. It’s funny how you can feel like you get to know someone by reading their blog but that is how I have felt about this family. And I know that many of you have felt the same way. I see it on Twitter how there has been such an outpouring of love and support for this family.. I am new to Twitter and this has been really neat to see.
One thing that has happened in Twitterdom is that Hugh Jackman has said that he will donate 100k to one individual’s non profit charity, but he has to be convinced via Twitter. He is going to announce on the Ryan Seacrest show this Friday which charity he has chosen. Of course we would all love for him to choose March of Dimes in memory of Maddie. So Twitter has been alive with Retweets to @RealHughJackman for him to donate to March of Dimes. We only have one more day left to try and convince him to donate in honor of Maddie Spohr please if you have a Twitter account Retweet the following message:
RT @mamaspohr: RT @RealHughJackman PLEASE donate your $100k to March of Dimes in honor of my baby #Maddie http://tinyurl.com/dnewtk
Or click on the link below to read all about it…
http://www.marchformaddie.com/
I know if we retweet Hugh Jackman enough that he will donate this money to March of Dimes… and just think how uplifting this will be for Mike and Heather Spohr during this difficult time they are going through. This gives them something to push for in honor of Maddie so other families don’t have to go through what they have had to go through. Please read the blog below it is very touching and shows how much this means to Heather and Mike Spohr
My little Boo
I love both of my children or Chickens as I call them very much… My oldest Mason is 3 and of course a boy…And when he was born he was the Sun and the Moon and I never wanted a girl. I just wanted boys because I could not imagine loving a girl like I did my boy. He was SUCH a boy and that is all I knew. So when we were trying for Chicken number 2.. I of course wanted a boy. My husband Ben who did my beautiful site was adament he wanted a girl. I was not so crazy about the idea, girls were full of drama and high maintenance and well not boys, but I had this weird feeling it was going to be a girl anyway, and I was right.. I honestly could not of been more excited when we knew for sure it was going to be a girl it’s funny you always end up wanting what you get. I still could not imagine loving her as much as my Chicken Mason , but when she was finally here I could not love her anymore then I do.
I am not sure if it’s just because she is a girl or just because she is the baby or what but I love my little girl like nothing else. Yes her age is sweet she is 17 months old birthday November 9th, 2007 but we just have this connection. She is my little side kick and such a girl.. we seem to have this special bond. She is on my lap right now as I type this turning my iPhone on and off, on and off. It does not take much to make her happy, but she is curious about everything right now and tries to copy whatever you do and whatever her older brother does. Her name is Kyra but we call her Chicken, Kyboo and Boo Boo.. we all dote on her and Ben said last night she is just so hard to dicipline because she is So darn cute!
Which brings me to why in a part I have felt so touched by the loss of Maddie Spohr. Not only was she beautiful and full of life, but she was only two days younger then Kyboo her birthday is November 11th, 2007. That made it more personal somehow because I could not imagine losing my Kyboo. To think that when I was bringing my baby home all healthy and perfect at the same time Maddie was fighting for her life and Heather and Mike Spohr were having to visit their baby in the hospital.
So I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like for Heather and Mike Spohr right now. I know they have lots of attention right now from the whole internet community and I am so glad that Maddie has been so remembered and loved and that they have gotten so many donations to March of Dimes. But I hope that after time passes that people don’t forget about them. I hope they will continue to receive messages of hope and love for months and years to come. I hope they will never feel alone.. I for one will continue to rememeber Maddie Moo for the months and years to come and continue to pray and send love and encouragement to Heather and Mike Spohr for the years to come. Because whenever I look at Kyboo I will remember Maddie….
Tribute to Madelaine Spohr by Mike and Heather Spohr
Just take a minute and watch this.. It is beautifully done and will make you bawl. I think and pray for Heather and Mike Spohr everyday even though I do not personally know them… The purple on my blog is in Maddie’s memory. Click on the link below to watch..
Remembering Maddie ..
I have not really felt like writing a post lately. I have just been so sad this week… The passing of Maddie Spohr has so touched me more then I thought it would. I have been reading up on her to short life and my heart just aches for her mom and dad, Mike and Heather Spohr.
We had a great Easter service this past Sunday but at the end when we were singing all I could do was just cry and think of that poor family. Praying them that God would give them grace during this very difficult time and comfort and touch them somehow. I almost felt guilty last night as I was going to sleep knowing that my own little girl was safe and sound asleep in our room…she is only 2 days older then Maddie I think this is why this has touched me so much. Maddie reminds me so much of my Kyboo. I hold onto her even tighter and to my Chicken, Mason. I love them so much and thank God for them. Today is Maddie’s funeral.. and I can’t even begin to imagine how hard this will be for her parents. I am praying for them continually today.
I keep trying to put myself in their place and how I might handle that and can’t even bring myself to mentally go there. All I can do is pray that God will enfold them and hold them so close and tight and give them peace. I can’t do anything else…..
Maddie Spohr
I just happened to run across this from a Flylady Twitter.. And I have been so touched and saddened by this story. I think I have been so touched because one she was such a beautiful little girl who looked so full of life and two she is exactly 2 days younger then my Kyboo…. And I just cannot imagine the heartache and grief that this family must be going through. As I write this I am wiping tears away it’s just so sad. I am so thankful for my healthy little girl…. and I love her so much… I could not imagine if anything happened to her. It is at times like that you have to concede that God has a bigger plan and we just don’t understand it. My Thoughts and prayers are with this family…. I did not know them but non the less I am saddened by their grief and loss….
Check out their website below.. also please donate to the March of Dimes on behalf of Maddie Spohr.. There is a banner on their website to donate.
http://www.remembermaddie.com/index.php/2009/04/07/madeline-alice-spohr/comment-page-10/#comment-5474