The view of the journey should come from Journey’s view

When we found out that we were having triplet boys on top of the three boys we already had, we knew that there would be an exciting road ahead of us!  Friends and family have told us all along that we really should write our adventures down.  However, along with all the other chores of life, taking the time to write just never happened.  About the best we could do was to post the occasional status or Insta pic. But recently I got to thinking that if we didn’t just take the time to do it, some really precious events might end up forgotten.  I had a couple of issues that were holding me back though.  First, writing from my or my wife’s point of view never seemed that intriguing.  Then a couple of weeks ago, my third son Journey said he wanted to write a story.  It was then that I got the idea for this blog, so I talked to him about me telling stories from his point of view.  I try to ask him questions about the content in each post and what he remembers.  I am sure to let him type out a little of each post as well.  One paragraph takes about 20 minutes so far!  At first he wasn’t real happy with me writing it and typing most of it out.  However, he is getting to help a little and in a few years I think he will really appreciate having the stories archived.  The second issue I was having was this… the thought of writing about my family seemed quite honestly, sighty pretentious.  I mean, if I write about my family, that assumes I think someone will be interested in reading it.  So instead, I have made it my goal to write this out for family, but I will also post it for anyone else who wishes to enjoy it!  The initial thought of writing a book seemed insurmountable, but with the blog medium I think we can handle a few hundred words a couple of times a week.  And who knows?  Maybe one day there will be enough content to bind and pass down to the kids!

Louie Constantino