History of the Blog

It was time to take a stroll back through time to the beginning of the blog.  It is almost seven years old already.  It has had a transformation in 2012 when its address changed.  The layout has changed slightly and I have added and taken things away from the gadgets. The pictures are kept in Picassa and because of the change in 2012 means there are two different folders.  Very interesting to go back through that way and see the changes in quick motion because there are only a few pictures from any one outing or activity.
There is a lot of history in those seven years.  Makes me wish I had done it years before just for the history aspect.  All the things that are documented in the blog are amazing.  The good, the bad and the ugly.  I stand by it all.  I own it.  I own it as digital property and I own it in how I felt and what I wrote at any particular time. Lots of things changed over the years.  I changed.
I can see where I tried to foster positive relationships.  I can see where I tried to convince myself that I had positive relationships.  I can see my own personal growth through co-dependence and success and failure in it.
The biggest thing was the break with Tanya.  And then we came back together.  Illness and death give you quite a few different perspectives.  I swore numerous times I would never have her in my life again.  I was wrong.  Did my feelings and thought change about the break?  No, they did not.  Did things go back to the way they were before?  No, they did not. Its growth and change.
I could not remember just when Dave realized he was an alcoholic.  Early in 2009.  It's in the blog.  Reading some of those posts and I remember exactly how I felt.  I think I must still feel the same things.  The shock at how much he drank and I never knew it.
All the activities and outings are well documented from the beginning of the blog history.  The growth of the littles.  The trials and tribulations of addiction.  The ups and downs and hopes and disappointments.  Sometimes I wrote a lot and other times not so much.  The past couple of years have had a lot of writing.  Part of that is getting the habit and getting ready for the book.  Nothing has changed.....going to keep right on writing.  The good, the bad and the ugly.
It was good to go back and take a look.
It is always the continuing journey of my life. My life. Don't like it. Don't read it.