About Gleigh!
When I was looking for a play on words for my writing hobby/someday career, I kept leaning towards words specifically on writing, but they were all taken; apparently I wasn’t the only clever writer out there. Then I started to pay attention to my own name, Gretchen Leigh, and how it sounded with only my first initial, I realized what I had: GLEIGH, pronounced GLEE.
I am admittedly the ultimate pessimist, although someone told me I'm not a pessimist, but a realist; either way I’m always striving to be an optimist. They say when you feel down, smile anyway and it will lift your mood. Maybe by using my name for this play on words, GLEE, I will learn to be an optimist, or at least have fun trying.
I have been writing about my family and our foibles for years and initially decided to share with family and friends. But I realized my ultimate goal in sharing my stories about my family is to let other moms know they are not alone, so I decided I should start this blog.
Years ago when my children were small, I thought I was the worst mother in the world. They didn’t behave when I needed them to behave, they didn’t want to eat healthily, my house was a wreck and I was exhausted. When I had a few quiet moments, I would see the humor in the chaos of my day and I started to write about it. Then I shared those stories with some of my other mom friends. What I found was I wasn’t the only one who had the frustrations and battles with my family; I was the only one willing to bring it up. Everyone else thought they were the worst mom in the world too!
So join me on my journey. I have much to share. I am a stay-at-home mom who doesn’t really want to get a real job even if my kids are in high school and college and are driving themselves around. I hope you find comfort in these pages and find the humor in your own life. But most of all, I hope you come to feel you are not alone and that where there is chaos there is also GLEE!
I am admittedly the ultimate pessimist, although someone told me I'm not a pessimist, but a realist; either way I’m always striving to be an optimist. They say when you feel down, smile anyway and it will lift your mood. Maybe by using my name for this play on words, GLEE, I will learn to be an optimist, or at least have fun trying.
I have been writing about my family and our foibles for years and initially decided to share with family and friends. But I realized my ultimate goal in sharing my stories about my family is to let other moms know they are not alone, so I decided I should start this blog.
Years ago when my children were small, I thought I was the worst mother in the world. They didn’t behave when I needed them to behave, they didn’t want to eat healthily, my house was a wreck and I was exhausted. When I had a few quiet moments, I would see the humor in the chaos of my day and I started to write about it. Then I shared those stories with some of my other mom friends. What I found was I wasn’t the only one who had the frustrations and battles with my family; I was the only one willing to bring it up. Everyone else thought they were the worst mom in the world too!
So join me on my journey. I have much to share. I am a stay-at-home mom who doesn’t really want to get a real job even if my kids are in high school and college and are driving themselves around. I hope you find comfort in these pages and find the humor in your own life. But most of all, I hope you come to feel you are not alone and that where there is chaos there is also GLEE!
