I have had the sincerest intention every day for many days – to
write, to blog, to answer e-mails to catch up with the various things that go
with running a blog (like broken links, editorial calendars and queries about
reviews and advertising).
But life seems to conspire to distract and obstruct me. We are still living and sleeping in the downstairs two rooms of our home. This means that there is nowhere for me to sit comfortably for an hour or so without putting pressure on my back. We mostly sit on the floor and I can’t quite find a comfortable position with the laptop.
But life seems to conspire to distract and obstruct me. We are still living and sleeping in the downstairs two rooms of our home. This means that there is nowhere for me to sit comfortably for an hour or so without putting pressure on my back. We mostly sit on the floor and I can’t quite find a comfortable position with the laptop.
My laptop surrounded by mess. I sat cross legged on the edge of my mattress on the floor to access it.
A few months ago our van was rammed whilst we were sitting in
traffic and alhamdulillah although we are ok, my back took some of the impact
and I am trying to be careful not to strain it.
I have been working on updating my Annual Planner to publish on the blog for 2017, but have only been able to do it in fits and starts. This was supposed to be followed by the Inspirational Journal for Muslimah’s, a project dear to my heart, which also remains a work in progress.
The good thing about stepping back from blogging a little, is that every time I do so, I find tons of inspiration and motivation to come back to it.
Except I caught a nasty cold which left me drained and light headed. Then today the kids appear to have come down with nasty colds, so I have three of them with various aches and pains sleeping all day and me pestering them to eat and take their medicine.
I have been working on updating my Annual Planner to publish on the blog for 2017, but have only been able to do it in fits and starts. This was supposed to be followed by the Inspirational Journal for Muslimah’s, a project dear to my heart, which also remains a work in progress.
The good thing about stepping back from blogging a little, is that every time I do so, I find tons of inspiration and motivation to come back to it.
Except I caught a nasty cold which left me drained and light headed. Then today the kids appear to have come down with nasty colds, so I have three of them with various aches and pains sleeping all day and me pestering them to eat and take their medicine.
Sleeping Babies
So in the end, I have decided to give myself a few days of grace.
No writing, no feeling bad for not having answered e-mails, no worrying
about anything. I will give myself a few days to see if it is enough to
get my home and life in order and some space until everyone feels well again. To find a place to sit comfortably to write regularly. To not be surrounded by things. To fall into the gentle rhythm of family, holidays from work and school and unrushed prayers that I am looking forward to for the next two weeks insh'Allah.
Insh'Allah I will get on with posting more blog posts and answering e-mails as soon as I can, just not in the next few days. xxxxx
Your blog is really lovely with nice writing and cool pictures, and all from a Muslimah at heart who keeps remembering and reminding us of our Lord to Whom we belong and to Whom is our return.
ReplyDeleteDoesn’t Blogspot allow you to nominate additional authors? Please check. Some of the things you mentioned like removing broken links can be handled by them too. If possible, I would strongly recommend the huge fan of your blog for this honor. Maybe, when she gets some time off potty-training “ungrateful siblings”, she could shower some blessings on us, grateful readers.