Today my blog is seven years old
This blog was born just weeks after our twins
When I decided to digitalise my journal
Of our stay in NICU and SCBU
I wish with all my heart
That I had kept and published
My IVF diaries
And a record of my short lived twin pregnancy
My memory is not great
So my blog is very important to me
As it keeps memories and moments alive
The most grateful I have ever felt for my blog
Is when Tilda died
#matildamae
Writing Edspire helps to keep our memories of Matilda Mae alive
For the last four and a half years
This blog
And my readers
Have helped to keep me alive
Thank you x
Born shortly after Esther and William
Edspire is the story of our life
Edspire is the story of our family
This is where I have my say
This is where I think out loud
This is my space
My voice
A place for proud moments
Excited announcements
Saddest news
And cries for help
This is my place
This is my space
This is me
I feel like I have lost my way with blogging recently
Trying to follow the lead of bloggers bigger, better and younger than me
Trying to vlog
Trying to earn money
Trying everything and succeeding at nothing
I have lost my way
Become disheartened
Unmotivated
I have been focusing on blogging for bloggers
Not blogging for me
I think me and this blog have been experiencing our
Seven year itch
(It is totally a thing)
And so I am taking some time for reflection
I am going to take Edspire back to its roots
Back to its best
Bursting with love
Written from the heart
With uncensored honesty
Edspire is the story of our life
Edspire is the story of our family
This is where I have my say
This is where I think out loud
This is my space
My voice
A place for proud moments
Excited announcements
Saddest news
And cries for help
This is my place
This is my space
This is me
And these are my top ten
Most read posts
From the past seven years
Dear Matilda Mae: The Night We Found You Sleeping
Personal Statement for Teaching
New Mama Needs: Products for First Two Weeks Post Partum
Dear Matilda Mae: Our Earliest Hours Without You
Matilda Mae
Tilda’s Boat made by Daddy x
So this is me
This is my blog
This is Edspire
Don’t try and be others. Try and be you. Don’t worry about product reviews or sponsored posts. Just make it your diary for you and all we fans will follow. And vlogging may be the current thing but I can’t watch a vlog on the bus to work. I always forget my headphones! But I can read a blog and that is how I spend my commuting time each and every day. Reading.
Happy birthday to your blog. 7 years is amazing! I have been blogging nearly 5 years and it is so easy to get caught up in what all these “better and younger” bloggers are doing….I feel so old (nearly 40) compared to all these young guns. hehehe Yes! Go back to your roots don’t try and follow others….I have always loved your blog. Be you! xx
P.S I am loving your vlogs. Your children are just lovely. You must be so proud of them x
I’m so glad that you have decided to carry on blogging. Great idea to go back to your roots with it, I do hope the pleasure in it returns for you.
Nat.x
Seven years is a cracking achievement. There will have been so many people who have come and gone in that time but you’re blog is still fighting fit! Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza xx
Absolutely beautiful. I know what you mean about blogging for bloggers and what we ‘should’ do. I’m only new but already started to lose my way. Congratulations on 7 years, a fantastic achievement. Just keep blogging for you 🙂 and thank you for linking up to #Blogstravaganza