In the beginning

I have had a few blogs in the past (usually for university), I always thought I'd start one again that would simply be me. The reason that it has taken so long, is that I looked at everybody else's blogs and thought, why can't mine be perfectly designed like theirs? This led to me putting it off, and putting it off, until it finally hit me; I'm not perfect, neither is my life (mostly it is just multi-tasking and craming in as much as possible until I fall asleep in a heap each night). Well, I guess there will come a time when I learn how to make it as glossy and well planned as I want my life to be; but until then- it's just simply me.
Well, who am I? I am a mom of 8 (7 of whom are still on earth- my first born, Moses,  lived for just a few short hours because he was born prematurely (I often suffer from a condition called polyhydromious (or excess fluid around the baby when I am pregnant). I have had 3 boys first up and then a tribe of girls. My youngest daughter, Rebecca is just 14 months old. The others; Richard, James, Scarlett, Savannah, Caitlyn and Emily range keep me on my toes. I am luck enough to be sharing this time in my life with my husband, Mr D. He is an amazing man who is my best friend. He moved half way around the world to be with me and 5 children from my first marriage. He has raised them as his own and is more of a father than anyone else I have known.
I have been challenged over the years by reoccuring brain tumors; I am currently on my 3rd. This can mean that at times I suffer from incredible migranes and other health conditions which has slowed my graduation from the Bachelor of Community and Social studies that I have been studying for the past  nearly 5 years (I had planned on graduating in the normal 3 years that it was suppose to take but a baby and health issues have left me on the home stretch for the past year (I am on my final assignment in my final subject, but I find my fear of failure has stopped me from even moving forward and finishing it).I guess that will be something I will blog about almost as much as my family and my faith.
Well, I have started blogging again. We shall see where it goes :o)