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How many of you out there have a personal blog, one that you share intimate details of your life and your family's life with the world wide internet? When blogging first started taking off, i was amazed at how popular it became with mothers and how many funny, intelligent people it brought out of the wood work. Then i realized that not only was blogging a way to for me to "meet" new people, but this was an escape for a SAHM to vent her frustrations about her day, an outlet for her anger or happiness. Blogging has become an integral part of the internet and there are literally thousands of people blogging and from blogging a whole generation of people of being recognized for their talents in writing and thoughts.

I took to blogging like a duck to water, however when i went back and read the posts, i couldn't figure out who the person was writing them. I can't figure out how my posts come across sounding like they were written by someone else. Somedays they sound like they are written by someone with no ability to form an intelligent sentence. I realize though this blogging thing makes me a little nervous. I have a personal blog, other than this one, and i share details of my life and my family's life and i love writing in it. However, there are people that read my blog that know me personally and sometimes i feel like i have to censor what i am saying because i may not want them to know about a certain situation. That isn't what blogging is supposed to be about, though. I have found myself wary about how i write and this has changed the tone of my posts as well. I am also cautious about posting photos with our children in them because I would be horrified if someone used these photos, that are precious to me, in a derogetory way and i know it happens all the time. I love blogging though and i love that i can share daily activities that are mundane and there are other people out there that understand. I love that i can share a bad day and have someone i may not know leave me a comment that makes me laugh or cry. I love that i have made friends with people in different countries and places that share my love of blogging and we have so many other things in common.

I think this blogging thing was a great way to help mothers come together on a whole other level. Bloggers are all different types of people, but the ones that i connect with and read the most are mothers, whether they work outside of the home full time or stay at home full time, it is a way for us all to connect and share our days with each other. It is something that our kids can read one day and maybe understand a little better why we made the choices we did in their lives or read about things that they did to make us laugh or cry or tear our hair out. I love that blogging will enable my children to know me on a whole different level and it is something that i wish i had from my mother. I know very little about her and since she died when i was much younger, not having these or really any memories of her makes life a little sad. I love that my boys will be able to read my blog and while everything i write isn't sunshine and roses, it is real life and it is about our life together and how i was feeling then. Of course there are a lot of things that i have written that i am not proud of, but good and bad that is life, we have lived it already and when they are ready, i hope that they will enjoy reading it.