Update: Aaaand less than 12 hours later were back with an update on the bottom of the post for ya. Smooth, right?
Hey there! Long time no see.
The break has been great. Admittedly a little weird, but really reinvigorating. So were immensely thankful not only for your support and kind comments, but also for helping put words to some of the things that we had been feeling for some time. And while the last month hasnt been enough time to fill in all of the blanks about our future (heck, when are lifes blanks ever clearly filled in?) it has made one thing pretty obvious to us: after seven awesome years of sharing our home and our life, its time for our next adventure.
This blog has been a staple in our lives for 80+ months, tagging along for all but three months of our marriage and our entire existence as parents. So we thought it would be nearly impossible to click off that urge to over-share this past month (we expected our blogging spark to come back with a vengeance). But maybe its us getting older, the kids getting bigger, or a general shift in life priorities but it actually felt just right. So this break has given us the clarity (and the guts, I guess) to move on and hopefully move the needle on that life balance weve been talking about for so long.
We wont go as far as to declare this the end of Young House Love or our blogging days. Who knows, maybe somewhere down the line (when the kids are both in school?) well get that burning in our bellies again perhaps here or in a completely different capacity. We dont know what the future holds, but we know that the most amazing things have happened to us when weve stretched waaay out of our comfort zone as much as that sounds like advice youd find on an inspirational kitten poster.
We plan to keep the blog archives available for as long as we can, and will be freezing comments soon, but we wont be completely dropping off the planet. Some completed product designs with Liberty Hardware and Shades of Light may pop up, and our second book will come out on September 22nd, 2015. Those folks have all been amazingly supportive of our decision, for which were incredibly thankful.
Speaking of which Thank you doesnt come close to expressing how grateful we are for getting to share our weird little world with you guys for so long. We have nothing but love and gratitude for this whole experience and for you. (*This is probably where we should fade up on that Dirty Dancing song*)
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