Well hello there! I’m so excited to be able to be excited about this amazing new blog! Last week we went live, after two years over on blogspot I rolled out this labor of love, but unfortunately one of the triplets was in the hospital and I couldn’t get appropriately excited about a blog when I was cuddling a three-year old with pneumonia.
But all three are well today! That means that this is my big blog confetti party week! I worked for a few months with the amazing women of Squee on “branding,” which sounded so weird to me because I’m a person and not Coke, but it makes a lot of sense now. It helped them work with Design by Insight to “get” me and roll this fun new blog out!
For those of you who are just joining up because my sweet friends are sort of pimping me out this week, welcome! My name is Gindi. I’ve been an environmental attorney for 14 years, married for almost seven, and I have three precocious three year olds. No, they’re not really close in age, they’re triplets.
This is what I am hoping this blog is or becomes. You probably noticed the tag line, A Refreshing Spot for Working Women of Faith. Well, that’s it. I love to have lunch with my girlfriends, but with work and family and all sorts of competing committments most days I just eat lunch at my computer. I think a lot of working women have that same dilemma. So this can be a place for us to “virtually” connect. Commenting and replying are a lot easier on this forum than the old one, and there are going to be some opportunities along the way for us to meet up. The other aspect of this little corner of the Internet is faith – the faith that has allowed me to survive the ups and downs of my life – from being 12 and watching my family disintegrate to being 30-ahem-something and struggling with infertility. I couldn’t navigate the melee of being the modern American woman without a faithful and grace-full God. So I write about working, mothering, my faith, and then random brain blips occasionally too.
While I can’t throw fun blog confetti at you today, I can offer some really great give aways. I’m doing THREE days of give-aways. Today, Monday, every 10th blog subscriber (see that little side panel on your right, just enter your email and you’ll get my posts sent right to you – I write four days during the work week) gets a gift certificate to Ouisie’s Table. Y’all in Houston, is that just a fabulous girlfriend restaurant or what??? Y’all not in Houston, you can exchange it for Tuesday’s or Thursday’s give away. Tomorrow, Tuesday, every 10th blog subscriber gets a gift certificate to Starbucks. Friends, if we can’t schedule lunch, maybe we can at least sneak in a coffee break – take your girlfriend for a triple grande skinny latte, or whatever your preference is (all those rockin’ holiday concoctions are out now!). And then Thursday (I just post pictures on Wednesdays), every 10th blog subscriber gets a copy of Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts. Ann is my new favorite writer and this book will transform how you experience thankfulness.
Thank you for coming over. I have got some crazy stuff planned for the New Year, so let’s celebrate this Christmas together and then jump into what God has for us in 2013. Love having you here.
You’re amazing, Gindi!
Thanks sweet Bonnie – I think you’re the rock star!
Beautiful, Gindi! I’m so excited for you! 🙂
Thanks for everything Holley – so looking forward to working w/you in 2013!
Love the blog look 🙂 beautiful job!
Thanks so much Jenn!
I found your blog through a tweet from Kelly Stamps. I signed up to subscribe, I’m so excited to have found your blog, I’m a working mom too! Looking forward to a forum to connect with other working moms!
Lindsey
Lindsey – so thrilled to have connected w/you. Us working mommas have to hang in there together 🙂
So happy you are LIVE .. and Will is healthy!!!!!
Hi Gindi!
Thanks for linking up with The M.O.M. Initiative today! I shared about your site on our FB page.
Like you, I just moved from a Blogger site to a WordPress site and today was the unveiling. It’s been almost 3 months, but I’m back to blogging on my writing/speaking site and it’s kind of fun to have a new home in cyberspace.
Love your new site and thanks again for linking up with The M.O.M. Initiative!
Stephanie – it is SO funny, because I just commented on your blog to say the same thing! Exciting to have found our new homes, feels like a brand new car/home/office all rolled into one! Thanks for coming by.
I don’t know where you get all this time. I must sleep too much! Congrats on the new venture! Looks amazing . . . as if I expect any less from you! You are an inspiration! Sally forth Super woman!
Sweet KAC – this is what I do now that I don’t travel 🙂
So thankful to have found your blog!
Thanks Barbie – happy to have you!
Awesome Gindi! Congrats on your new site. Stacy.
Thanks Stacy!
Hi Gindi,
I am a fellow BAMOM and saw your post this morning. I loved reading your story! It brought me to tears more than once and I can’t wait to read the rest of it. I have a 7 year old girl and 4 year old identical twin girls. I also work part-ish, full-ish time and rely on my faith to help me manage, although I could be stronger in the Word. I love your blog design and look forward to following along!
April
April – welcome! Thank you for visiting. I’m so excited to have a fellow MOM who is doing the juggling and struggling as a part of the community.
Hi Gindi! I had no idea you were doing this! Love it!
Thanks Dominique! Yes, one day maybe I’ll write full time 🙂
Hi Gindi! I saw your post on the She Speaks Facebook page and am so glad I visited here! I loved reading your story, as I am a Labor & Delivery RN and take care of many patients who have had similar struggles. I also just recently worked with Squee and Design By Insight…aren’t they all wonderful. I love how you shared your story and I am just beginning to share my story on my blog too. Many blessings to you!!
Thanks for visiting Jacque – I’m so glad you connected. I’m excited to go see your website since you’ve got a new one on the block too!