Blog, interrupted

For those of you who follow this blog, I would like to apologize for my silence. I am in the last trimester of my pregnancy and have been suffering from pregnancy-induced carpal tunnel syndrome. (Yes, pregnancy can cause it!)

At any rate, my hands are giving me trouble, and typing is especially aggravating. So from now until the new year, I will be taking a hiatus. Please feel free to share the blog with anyone who you believe might benefit from it in the meantime. I get reports that tell me someone still drops by regularly even during my absence.

Our last baby is due before Christmas, and then the holidays will be fresh upon us. Forgive me, but my time and efforts will be going to my family during this time.

I have many things that I am pondering, changes I am considering. Specifically, I feel as though this blog has made me one-dimensional--simply the Child of a Hoarder. But I am not a paper doll--one-dimensional. I would love to expand and explore more of who I am and how I face life day-to-day as a mom, a friend, a daughter, a wife, a child of God.

Until we meet again here, I wish that what is left of your year is blessed, warm, and filled with hope and faith. I look forward to connecting with you again in 2011!

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