6 years.
Nearly 20% of my life.
In two different homes.
Through 6/7ths of Madeline’s life.
A first day of kindergarten.
Delaney’s home birth.
Two half marathons and all the training, training, training that went with them.
6 years of my life.
October 5, 2008 I wrote and posted my first post here on this blog. At that time this space was called Evolving Mommy. In the years since the name has evolved to Evolving Motherhood, but the mission hasn’t changed. This is a place for balancing motherhood with self, for growing and learning, and becoming better every day. This is a space for enjoying the journey all while learning from and making the most of it.
Some days I still feel swallowed by motherhood. Some days there is just no balance between the mom and Catherine sides of me. So I’ll keep working at it, and I hope you’ll stick around to evolve with me. My first tag line was “Motherhood is a jungle, I have to evolve if I want to survive.” It still fits to this day.
Over the past 6 years I’ve learned so much about motherhood. I’ve also learned so much from motherhood. This space has allowed me to learn from so many of you, and work through both glorious and difficult life moments. I have a much more clear idea of who I am and so much of that is due to blogging and Evolving Motherhood. I am so grateful to this space, and all the amazing readers, visitors, and friends that have made this place such a lovely place to be. I am grateful to every one of you, for all the comments, the me toos, the you’re not alone, the pats on the back, the shoulders to lean on, the encouragement, and questions. Thank you.
I’m so proud of where Evolving Motherhood has come in the last 6 years. I’m so excited to see where Evolving Motherhood goes – and takes me – in the future.
In celebration of Evolving Motherhood’s 6 birthday, my 6th blogging anniversary, I’ll be blowing out the candle on yummy chocolaty cake – and eating it too- and giving away a little treat to a Evolving Motherhood reader. In honor of 6 years of evolution I’m gifting one of my favorite things, a $75 Amazon gift card to one lucky reader. I love Amazon. Almost as much as I love dark chocolate with sea salt and almonds, new running shoes, cookbooks, and office supplies. Luckily you can buy all that and more from Amazon so it’s basically like the most magical place ever.
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*This is not a compensated or sponsored post. I’m just grateful to have found an awesome hobby and so many awesome people in the process.
39 comments
Congratulations on sticking it out and creating such a wonderful blog.
Catherine! I’m so excited to have found your blog!!! Clearly we are so caught up being awesome mommies at school I never spoke to you about this! Excited to follow : )
Happy 6 years!
I would love to win!
Happy Blog Birthday!!
You have had an amazing journey so far and can’t wait to follow where it will lead us to in the future! 🙂
Much Love, your twin…
Kpugs
Congratulations! I have so enjoyed reading your posts over the last several years. Your recipes and craft ideas have inspired me. But most of all I appreciate that you tell it like it is and allow us all to know that motherhood is not all sunshine and roses 😉 Here’s to another 6 years!
Mmmm….recipes….
Congratulations! I have enjoyed all of your great posts and the recipes are amazing! I also love the pictures. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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Congratulations and Happy Birthday!!
I love the recipes and would like to see some more easy weeknight meals – kid friendly veggies, and crafts. Thanks!
Good idea, Daria.
Happy Birthday friend! Well, friend’s blog! I am sooooo glad I got introduced to this. You do an amazing job and I’ve lifted quite a few recipes and ideas from here!
Thanks, Tatie!
Just love your motherhood posts, enjoy the others too.
This time of year maybe more holiday food ideals.
I enjoy your recipes! I am always on the look out for new ideas in the kitchen. It is so easy for me to fall into a rut. So I am always looking for easy, nutritious & fun things to keep me from getting board in the kitchen. I want to say Happy Birthday to you! It is no small feat keeping a blog alive and breathing! I truly am happy for you! I would love to see lots more recipes, of course. Perhaps now that it is comfort food season you could do crock pot things and soup. I know you will be doing allot of holiday craft things so I wont say that as it it too obvious. Now that it is October it is breast cancer awareness. Did you know that it is SIDS awareness month too? I believe that it is a very sad thing to think about BUT it should be talked about. The 15th is remembrance day where we all around the world light a candle for those little ones who left the world too soon.
Love your blog – the sharing is wonderful. Perfect photos of you & your. Congrads and may there be many more. TFS.
That shows that motherhood is a full time job without a paycheck but with much greater rewards!
I really enjoy your recipes! They have all turned out well for me! I would love to see more giveaways in the future. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I enjoy recipes and giveaways.
Sewing and plastic canvas crafts.
I love the evolving kitchen area of your blog
I would love to see even more recipes.
I am new to this site but I loved all your photos! 🙂 I would love to see more recipes!!
I love your recipes
would love to see more giveaways
I like the recipes.
I would like to see more vegetarian entrees (or perhaps simply options so they can be made vegetarian), since I’m a long-time vegetarian.
I’d love to see recipes
Great giveaway, I hope I win!
I always look forward to the mix of posts, always learning something new!
Happy 6th Birthday Evolving Motherhood! One thing I would love to see more of is gluten free recipes!
I’ve learned that motherhood is a constant ongoing process. You are always learning and trying which gives you momentum to keep on going and keep on trying 🙂
I ‘d like to see more reviews of children’s toys, games, crafts, clothing, shoes, reccomendations on these type products for kids 🙂
I enjoyed just seeing a 6yr snapshot of your life in a quick minute of reading 🙂 Thank you for sharing your journey in life with us!
I would love to see maybe a blog share to help fellow new bloggers get their name out there…
Great recipes!
I’ve enjoyed the recipes you’ve shared.
I’d like to see more giveaways.
I really like the recipes, especially baking since I enjoy baking more than cooking. I also like the giveaways and that is what brought me to the site. I’d like to see more baking, especially yeast breads and rolls and of course, more giveaways would be great too.