4 Years
WordPress just informed that it’s been 4 years since I started my blog. 4 years!!!
Gosh, how is that even possible?
In those 4 years we:
- Had our 5th and last miscarriage.
- Went out of country to NYC to get specialized recurrent pregnancy loss medical diagnosis. Chose not to pursue treatment for multiple reasons.
- Endured hurt and drama due unsupportive family and friends.
- Chose to pursue international infant open adoption to grow our family.
- Waited for what felt like forever, but got matched in record time.
- Became parents to the most amazing little boy, who makes my dreams come true on a daily basis.
- Managed to cross the USA and return home to Canada with an infant, while enduring hell at the hands of our USA adoption agency.
- Decided to only have 1 child.
- Chose permanent birth control.
- Traveled, a lot. Iceland with a 17 month old. Hawaii with a 2 year old. Multiple trips to see family on the West Coast. Little MPB has already been on 12 flights (not including connection flights).
- Started my own consulting firm.
- Said goodbye to our beloved family dog.
- Most recently brought a new puppy into our family.
Just writing that list makes my head hurt a tiny bit. Honestly, sometimes I’m amazed that Mr. MPB and I are still standing, let alone actually enjoying life most days. It’s been a wild ride. I look back at the last 4 years and am truly shocked by everything we’ve been through.
I have to acknowledge just how important writing has been to helping me survive everything. And even more, just how grateful I am for the community I found through my blog.
Even though I have absolutely no idea what’s next for us, something tells me that it is going to continue to be a wild ride.
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I wish you many more years of wild rides and may the tears only be tears of joy this time.
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Life is amazing, hey!
Congrats on four years! Here’s to many more! x
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I am so very grateful that you started your blog four years ago! Cheers to four years!
I do think that this time of life involves… a lot of life. The big things just seem to come hard and fast, one after another. Big joys, big sorrows, big changes. I was also talking with my husband recently about how in the past five years we moved cross-country, adopted a dog, got married, bought a house, mourned the death of our last grandparents and one parent (my dad), had three miscarriages, welcomed our son… sometimes it makes my head spin.
Anyway, thank you for sharing all of your big life events with us — you’ve made the ride feel a lot less lonely, and I’m so glad to have found you here!
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I am happy for you, I hope you will continue to live the amazing life you are living for many more years! Thank you for sharing your journey with us, I’m truly bless to be apart of it, to learn from your experiences and to always hold a firm grip on family. Thank you!
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Happy Blogiversary!
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Hooray! Happy blogversary! So glad you started blogging, because otherwise I never would have “met” you! Keep up the good work!
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What an eventful 4 years! I loved seeing your summary of the last 4 years spelled out like that. It’s kind of humbling to see how the heartbreaks are balanced out with new beginnings, and that all of the events that were so pivotal and impactful of life as we know it are so unpredictable…. .
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I get that. Hugs.
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Wow…what an eventful 4 years!! And you have come out victorious, stronger and happier!
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Happy blogoversary! Wow, so many big events over these years – both happy and sad. Wishing you joy and happy tears for the future.
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