The reason for the blog

Several months ago, I decided that I was going to set up a blog. Originally, the reason for this was to be able to share with family and friends the adventures of my little family of 5, whilst we spend four months abroad: travelling over 4 continents; living in Manhattan; visiting family and friends; experiencing new places and of course traveling with 3 small children. All this before relocating to Scotland after spending 10 years living in the North West of England.

However, over the last few months, as I became more and more familiar with the world of blogging and the blogging community, I realised that creating this blog was going to be so much more for me. A way of sharing my experiences with likeminded individuals or anybody who may be interested in having a read, somewhere to record the life we are sharing as a family so that my children can look back in years to come and read all about it and finally somewhere friends and family can log in and keep up to date with our adventures. 

I began reading other peoples blogs over a year ago and have enjoyed and learned so much from the experience! I have to admit I was previously a little skeptical, sometimes cynical and somewhat unsure of the blogging community. However, about a year ago, I was having a 'how on earth am I going to cope with 3 children under the age of 5?' moment (whilst pregnant with no. 3!) when my friend recommended reading the blog of a friend of hers with 3 children under the age of 3. Skeptically I logged in and began reading, this blogger was a talented writer who had me captivated after the first post read. I loved it and it wasn't long before I was flicking through other mummy blogs and then on to blogs of many other genres.  I was hooked. And even better, it was a perfect means of entertainment via the iPad whilst breastfeeding the new baby! Of course, like books and magazines, not all blogs hit the right note with me, but the more I read, the more I found and was happy to find bloggers who inspired me, reassured me, made me laugh, made me cry, entertained me and best of all, got me thinking.

So I set up my own blog. To share my experiences and thoughts with others and to have something to look back on and share with my children when they grow. This is me finally starting, I hope you enjoy.