Ember G Writes

Hey all I have decided to do a monthly update blog series, mainly to keep myself accountable for publishing blog posts.

I suppose an entire month will mean I’ll have more things to write about. I am hoping to do a blog at the start and end of each month. What I hope it’ll bring is a different outlook on how things have been from beginning to end.

For the past few month’s I have had no work and I suppose a very long Summer break. There has been a few changes in my life, some exciting and others not so much. I have been in a pit, a vicious cycle of wanting to post and then life happening or mental health situations that have been difficult to break out of.

There has been a couple of family birthday’s over the past couple month’s, my family and I aren’t the type to celebrate loudly. A simple card and gift, maybe a meal and that is the extent of the celebrations. One of my neighbors had a birthday, they decorated the outside of their home and had a party. You could hear the celebrations and joy, which is nice to observe.

We have never been the type of family to have parties, of course when my sister and I where little we did. We would go bowling or to McDonald’s (when they did parties, not sure if they still do) I remember when I was little, I would be so excited about my birthday. I would sit by the stairs, trying to be discreet and see if I could get a glimpse of a gift my parents where wrapping.

I think my parents always knew I was watching and waiting, but they certainly had a knack of hiding the bigger gifts with their backs.

I suppose that is the beauty of childhood. Anticipation and sheer excitement, no matter how small a gift is. Be grateful, always.