I hope that this finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to address the extended period of silence from me and offer my sincerest apologies for the lack of posting.

Life has been quite eventful lately and time seemed to slip away from me. Since my last posting I quit the job that I loved, a significant milestone took place for my oldest, my oldest became an adult, we have traveled a lot, celebrated holidays, and now I am typing this.

Why quit a job that I love? Because I realized that all my adult/parent life I have always put my kids first no matter how much I wanted to work, no matter how much I wanted my career to go to the top. I think eventually I will get to where I can work, but at the time being I felt like my children need me more at home. Even though most of them are teenagers, I can’t imagine leaving them all at home 99% of the time unsupervised, fighting with one another over everything and anything, and then swimming alone in the pool. Ya – if you’re a parent, you will get it. And then there are the morning workouts at the school and/or cheerleading practices and cross country practices that the girls would need to get to – who will take them then? Paige? No – she has her own schedule, own job to go to. Their dad? No – he works a lot and is out of town half of the month. So, that leaves me. I will still continue learning, preparing myself for a job maybe for the future.

A significant milestones that took place during this time was my oldest turned 18 and graduated high school. It was an incredibly proud moment for our family and it brought a mixture of emotions. She is now feeling what it feels to be an adult, but I think she is ‘stuck’ per se. She forgets that she is 18 and continues to ask if it’s ok if she goes here/there. I keep having to remind her that she is 18 – just as long as she is home by our time that we agreed upon, I hope she has fun with her friends.

If you happen to follow me, you will start to notice over this week that posts that were supposed to post back in May-this past weekend post, but for some reason they didn’t.

Thank you for your understanding, patience, and continued support during this time. Your engagement means a lot to me, and please know that I value each and every one of you who follow me on this journey.

Thank you for your understanding, patience, and support during this time. Your engagement means a lot to me. Please know that I value each and every one of you who follow me. Once again, I am sorry for the delay in providing recent updates and traveling sites. I promise to try and be more accurate and current.

— Nikki