Musings on Momentum

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We Bought A House!

As you are reading this, I am waking up for the very first time in Kansas City, Missouri, my new home as of June 1. I hinted at it in the past but I can now officially share that over the course of the last three months, my husband and I have been quietly working away to make our biggest collaboration yet a reality. We bought a house in Kansas City!  If this comes as a surprise to you, you are not alone. It comes as a huge surprise to the two of us as well!  It is a gigantic move and leap of faith but we are both more than ready to start this exciting new chapter.

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I Quit My Job!

I have sat down to write this post several times over the course of the last few weeks and, without fail, struggled to come up with the proper words to express in equal parts my excitement and fear over reaching this pivotal point in my life.  Rather than trying to summarize it nicely, I am going to give you the Cliff Notes version right here in this introduction – I QUIT MY JOB TO PURSUE BLOGGING!  Now that the elephant in the room has been addressed and I have shouted my excitement from the rooftop, I unfortunately need to put a damper on everyone’s enthusiasm, including my own, because this step did not come to fruition for quite the reason I hoped it would.

After the jump, I am delving deeper into the personal reasons I chose to make this leap of faith NOW.  The reality of this situation is quite heavy and hard to share, but it is important to me that I do not sugarcoat this.  While it would be wonderful if life could be neatly tied up with a picture-perfect bow, that simply is not reality and, more than anything, I want this platform to represent reality, both good and bad.

I Quit My Job

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When Life Gives You Lemons

When I originally wrote my farewell post, “Goodbye…At Least for Now” in May of this year, I was newly diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, an incurable degenerative connective tissue disorder, and in need of some quality rest and relaxation. As I attempted to wade through my initial diagnosis as quickly as possible with the goal of learning, processing and moving on to the next chapter of my life in mind, additional diagnoses were made and the full scope of the damage this disease has caused to my body started to become clear.

After processing the diagnosis and what it meant for the rest of my life, I wallowed. I wallowed HARD, guys. I perfected the art of wallowing. I could probably write a book on it by now. I traded blogging 30+ hours a week for doctor’s appointments and spending all my spare time researching every facet of this disease that I could. It was overwhelming, it was heartbreaking and, ultimately, it was unhealthy. Then, just like that, I came up for air and realized that I was over feeling sorry for myself and ready to move on.

I missed possessing hope for the future. I yearned for all the ways Musings on Momentum used to fulfill me both creatively and intellectually. More than anything, I longed for this blogging community. After a great number of conversations with my husband about whether there is space for this platform in my new reality, I realized that the only thing that doesn’t have a role in my life is the stagnant place I found myself in post-diagnosis.

WhenLifeGivesYouLemons

The last six months have been a journey as I have gone from building the life I thought I should be living, to living the one I have been given. I’ve had to let go of the preconceived notions I held about what I thought my future should look like to fully embrace the realities that now dictate it. Was it part of my plan to get these diagnoses? No, not in any way shape or form. But who of us plans on receiving the kind of life altering news? All any of us can do is pick up the pieces and learn anew.

So, I am back. I am still working through what my return to Musings on Momentum is realistically going to look like but I knew that I couldn’t stay away any longer. Over the next few months, you can look forward to a revival of decor, style and musical inspiration as well as a very fun London vlog that I’m dying to share with you all. I’m eager to embark upon this next chapter, even though it is going to look notably different than I planned on.