I stuffed up.
In the mental fog I’ve been making my way through since my Father’s death, I managed to do something really stupid. I accidentally deleted my old wordpress site including all the image links from every post I’ve ever done before six months ago. Some of my most favourite kids’ rooms, inspiring DIYs, handmade products I love. All gone. The posts are still there but every image has been lost to the digital ether, never to be seen again (except maybe on Pinterest – it seems to have a more complete version of my blog than I do!)
The fact is that even if I could, I don’t have the time to go back and recreate all the posts again. I’ll be re-uploading all my printables again but I’m just going to have to say goodbye to the last year and a half of blogging.
This past month has given me a great deal of perspective on life and in the scheme of things, it’s just not worth getting upset about.
This week I got a new tattoo. It says ‘Let it Be’. It’s a reminder of many things but first and foremost to breathe and accept that everything is not in my control. Life is too important to waste on moments of frustration and anger.
I’m going to take a breath and move forward. The past is gone. I can only control what I do in the present. I’m going to get back on the blogging horse and ride it the same way I have since I started – full throttle with lots of fun along the way. Hope you stick with me on the ride.
Wicked tat, mines the same except not. It’s fuchsias (remind me of my nana as she had them and we called them ballerinas!) in tune to Let It Be on the back of my neck.
It’s an amazing thing, how 3 words can slow you down and speed you up.
cry cry cry. aww all those room designs with different color themes. like gold or orange. aww tears! sorry you lost everything. perhaps this only means it can get better
I’m really sorry for your loss, I would hate having lost all that work and effort. I’m glad you have made peace with it and will continue to move forward.
Love the tattoo, font and placement. Awesome!
It is obvious how much work you put into your posts and your images, so it is really sad, but I am so glad you are going to keep going, LM is always a daily visit for me
Love the Tattoo! Love your blog! Hope you and the family have settled well back to life in Australia. We are happy to have you home
Yay! Great to see you are back up and running! Can’t wait to visit again with my morning cup of coffee. Your blog is my “me” time, my time out from the kids. Thanks!
Ugh, so sorry this happened! Think of it this way, you’ve probably already gotten 99% of the mileage you were gonna get out of those posts anyway and we’re all still here waiting for more greatness from you!
Oh how completely horrifying – a blogger’s worst nightmare. If it helps, when I transferred over from blogger to WordPress, I brought my old posts with me. But they’re ugly, the images are too small, and most of them show up as a 404 not found when accessed via LinkedWithin.
Blogs have kinks and goofs and problemos. It’s part of our charm, n’est-ce pas?
Love the new tattoo, I probably need the same thing across my forehead.