Blog naming is one of those tricky things. All the really cool blog names have been taken by folks way more creative than I am. I will find a new blog and think, "That would have been the PERFECT name for my blog, but now I guess I will have to just have to name mine something ordinary like "Marla's Thoughts and Ramblings, When She is Not Too Tired or Busy and Makes Time for This Blogging Thing." It somehow just doesn't quite roll right off the old tongue like you want it to. SO, while I was brainstorming blog titles, I thought I would try to use a phrase I use all the time in my diverse life as a wife and mom of 1+4 children. Some early prototypes seemed a little, um, shall we say, harsh. Considered and rejected titles include : "Yes, They Are All Mine, and Yes, We Know What Causes Them", "Please Get Out of The Bathroom. I Will Be Done in a Minute and I Can Help You Then" and my personal favorite among the rejects "I Can't Even Hear Myself Think.What Makes You Think I Can Hear The Sweet Nothings You're Whispering in My Ear?". All phrases I have used in daily life, way more often than you would actually think, but just not quite the perfect blog title. Then I went to a baby shower and heard someone utter the words that moved me to my "AH HA!" moment. "I will never." A blog title was born.
I have been on this Earth for 45 1/2 years. I have probably uttered the words "I will never...." a thousand times. And at this point in my life, I have had to take back and recant on probably 95% of those "I will never" statements. There are still some that I am pretty sure I can bank on being true. Those include things such as "I will never willingly jump out of a perfectly good airplane." Though I have friends who swear skydiving is the coolest thing EVER, I don't even like flying in an airplane. I get panicky, order too many in flight drinks, look out the window every 45-60 seconds making sure an engine or wing hasn't fallen off, and am just generally NOT an airplaney type of person. I feel safe making the statement that I will not be skydiving anytime in my future. Others that I feel safe in proclaiming, much to the relief of family and friends, are "I will never wear a tube top again." "I will never again help drink almost an entire bottle of whipped cream vodka followed by numerous beers" and "I will never again tape posters of Axl Rose and Jim Morrison to my walls and ceilings." (though I will ALWAYS love Jim!)
Marrying my Sweet Hubby was my first venture down the road of "never say never." So many I will nevers got tossed aside there - including never marrying someone who has already been married, marrying a man who would become a law enforcement officer (oh the irony for the rebellious 23 year old I was on our wedding day!), and never letting the love of my life see me at anything less than my best. Yeah, right.The poor man has been witness to 5 children being born, a badly broken collarbone, a nasty injury to my finger due to misuse of a screwdriver, thumb stitches, the removal of a 2 inch sliver of wood from under my fingernail (possibly the most painful injury I have EVER had!), and any number of other embarrassing and less than picture perfect moments. So those I will nevers got shot down pretty early on, and due to my proclivity toward clumsiness and general not paying attention to consequences as I should, I am sure he will continue to see me at less than my perfect self. I am finally to the point where I am ok with that.
Parenting brings you to a whole other level of "I will never...." When I was expecting our first boy, ManChild, I had a whole slew of I will nevers. They included not letting him play with guns or other kinds of weapon toys (ha), making sure he was always in clean clothes with neatly trimmed nails (see my previous post about the fact that I DON'T clip fingernails. It is a scary nail time in my house when grandma is out of town for a week or so!), and that he would always be the very center of my world. (4 more babies from the time ManChild was 11 until he was 18 kind of changed that whole dynamic around!) I have, over the course of my 21 years of parenting said such ridiculous things as "I will never own or drive a minivan!" (we are on minivan #2 and I am embarrassed by how much I love my Yoda van!), "I will never have another child! (Um, said that one twice! Once after Mayhem and again after Princess Sassy. I don't even breathe those words anymore! I know better!!), and "I will never get a tattoo."(Well, I haven't gotten mine yet, but I have it designed. Now I just have to convince Sweet Hubby that it really is as awesome as I think it is!)
If I have learned anything in this journey of my life, it is that I try NOT to say "I will never...."anymore, because, way more often than not, I will! And thus, a blog title is born.
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