Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

by Leslie

You may have noticed that My Mommy’s Place looks different.

I’m not even going to try and act coy about it because, people, this is a BIG deal to me. I’m not so great at changing things I’m attached to. And this site? This site was like my baby. My little electronic baby. Boop boop. Beep beep. I love you, electronic baby.

I remember exactly when it was born.

Julia was only a few months old. It was one of those hours you’re not sure whether to call late at night or early in the morning. And she smiled at me for the first time. I knew at that moment that this - being a mother - was what my life was about. It was like I’d experienced a miracle. I never felt so high, and yet so lonely, in my life. Dave and I hadn’t been married long and, frankly, our marriage was pretty rocky at that point, mostly because he wasn’t around much then. My mother lived hours away. There was no one to share this incredible experience with. So, after Julia fell asleep that night, I went to my computer, opened up Microsoft Word and started to write.

I continued to write, creating what would become my website nearly everyday for a year and a half. It kept me sane. I wrote about how I felt and the things I’d learned. I wrote it all to mothers - the mothers I knew had to be out there going through the same things I was going through, feeling the same things I felt.

In April of 2006 - cue the drumroll and cymbal crash -I published it on-line. And there was silence. After four months of trying to promote it, I finally added a blog and found what I’d been looking for - honest interaction with other mothers. Blogging was just about perfect. I could connect with people, even when I was up breastfeeding at 4 a.m. The downside was, I learned that the rest of my site was crude and outdated. But I wasn’t ready to give it up, so I kept trying to improve it and make it grow. All the while I fell more in love with blogging. The result: Sybil the website and a very tired me. My Mommy’s Place had developed a split personality; I was suffering from exhaustion. It just wasn’t healthy. So, I’ve pared it down to the part that is relevant now (including the six phenomenal pieces my favorite people wrote for This Is Motherhood).

Go to mymommysplace.com. You’ll end up right here. This is My Mommy’s Place now, in its entirety. The old stuff is gone. Well, not gone. I still have it on a disk. I get it out and caress it while a single tear trails down my cheek now and then. But, it’s no longer on-line. Something tells me no one will miss it. (That something is my site statistics.) Not even me. It’s time to move on. LIVE IN THE NOW, I say.

So, I hope you enjoy the NEW! My Mommy’s Place. If not, that really sucks because I blew a whole weekend updating it.

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Comments

17 Cool Kids Came To Play

PAPA on July 14, 2008 10:55 pm
leslie,
I love the new banner and website! it feels very, very fresh.
I love the “My mommy’s place” smeared on your computer.
congrats and keep writing!
Veronica on July 14, 2008 11:18 pm
Ah ha! and everything is explained.
Daddy Forever on July 15, 2008 12:20 am
Love the pic of Julia. I hope she really didn’t paint your laptop.
Jan on July 15, 2008 2:14 am
I love your new look. I wish I could figure out how to do a neww look. I am tired of the old templates offered. You did good and you are appreciated. (((HUGS)))
Amy on July 15, 2008 7:03 am
Leslie

I love the new look. That picture of Julia with you and Lucy in the background is great!
Cheri on July 15, 2008 7:37 am
I like the new look…and LOVE the top picture.
Karly on July 15, 2008 9:39 am
You done good. It looks nice and new and fresh and sparkly. And it smells a flower, too.
SCY on July 15, 2008 9:53 am
My Mommy’s Place is still the coolest Mommy site LOVE the new banner and the look is clean and fresh - well done on a great job! I cannot even get my dumb widgets sorted out so I am amazed that you did this by yourself!
Amanda on July 15, 2008 10:37 am
Love the new banner. I plan on having something done soon to my same ole blog look. I’m also working on my entire site. It’s always changing.
Jen in MI on July 15, 2008 11:51 am
LOVE the new look. The banner pic is perfect - it shows the vibrant, alive family that is yours.
Mackey on July 15, 2008 6:14 pm
I love it & I am always hanging out here no matter what you decide to do. I am stalkerish like that:)
ramblin' red on July 16, 2008 12:27 pm
I love this new look!

I can totally relate to why you started blogging. Me too!
Suzanne on July 16, 2008 11:24 pm
I LOVE the new look. No joke. Much better… cleaner.

I need a major overhaul to my layout (never been changed since I started it) but I’m very attached to the look of mine, as well. Plus I don’t really blog enough anymore to care right now.
Ruth on July 17, 2008 12:49 am
I love your new look, and the banner is great! Eventually when I get my computer fixed and am no longer having to use the kids computer…I will be changing mine to…thanks for the inspiration!!
KiS on July 20, 2008 8:51 am
Ooooo pretty, I like the new interface. Doesn’t it feel great to get rid of old baggage?
jenn in holland on July 25, 2008 3:02 pm
I love it and yes, the blog has always been your strength so I am glad it’s the biggest feature now.
You are a gem and I am oh-so-glad you started writing, and that you published, and that I found you.
dana on July 30, 2008 12:36 am
I like your site no matter what. The new header is so cute. Love Julia’s smiling face!