I wrote a post entitled I like blogs
(You can go read it if you like. I’ll wait.)
It’s a cyclical thing, I think, the way ppl come and go in various places on line. 4 years ago we were all starting up blogs and diarising our lives to the nth degree. Well, actually I wasn’t all that good at it then, I think the very small Small kind of got in the way rather. But I grew into it, as he grew out of me, as it were, and now, still I wouldn’t be without it.
The blog isn’t so much about the children and their learning any more, and it’s likely to be even less so as of next week. That’s not to say I won’t share those little milestones, you know I will. But they are for me as much as for you, loyal reader 
, and hopefully for my children to look back on and wonder in years to come.
Yes, of course I worry about the bad things I’ve blogged, the times life hasn’t been running smoothly. But I can’t help feeling that having the record might at least mean that my children will never live in some revisionist future where it was all their fault - I know perfectly well that my patience is less than perfect, and it was me wanting to spend time along, or reading, or crafting or whatever at least as much if not more so than it was them being less than ideal. I miss the blogs of ppl who’ve disappeared from the blogosphere, or who no longer twitch aside their curtain for us to peer in, in the same way I would miss a friend who moved away and didn’t leave a forwarding address.
It’s an odd place, this virtual neighbourhood. Ppl do come and go, and sometimes it’s in the virtual dead of night. But it’s the nearest thing I have to a community, and that’s why I’m still here. Yes, I blog for myself, and I think I’d probably do it in a notebook with a pencil if teh internets disappeared, but I also blog for the audience. I blog for redemption, for validation, for hugs and laughs and to know I’m not alone.
It’s long past delurking week. I always miss it. But if you’re reading and you fancy delurking, please feel free. It would be nice to get to know you all too.
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well, we obviously still like blogging, our style not changed much!
Was hoping you would carry on, even if it won’t be about HE. I like reading for your insights and thoughts about life in general. You’ve made me ponder a few things over the years.
glad you are carrying on, I’d def miss you. and I think you are right to blog the downs and the ups otherwise you are likely to look back and wonder which family you were writing about and where you get such paragons of perfectness from!
“Yes, of course I worry about the bad things I’ve blogged, the times life hasn’t been running smoothly”
I appreciate your honesty,it makes you real and I can relate in a way I couldn’t to a paragon of virtue!!
I feel it would be unfair of me to only show one side of the picture and not blog about the painful or embarrasing or less than perfect aspects to my life. It is also the process of putting it down in a way that others can understand when/if they read and putting it out there that enables me to make sense of what I am going through.
I remember the sense of relief I felt when I first started reading blogs and realising many people had the same struggles that I did! Keep it up - it’s valuable!
Oops. I missed de-lurking week. Actually, I did de-lurk once before but this gives me another chance to say thank you for blogging. I’m not quite sure how I found your blog but somehow I’ve chosen it as one I read regularly and I find your humour and candour very refreshing and I would miss it if it wasn’t there.
I love the ways blogs have opened up our world in a safe and surprising way. I keep one too, but unlike you, I say stupid things and don’t trust myself to leave it open to the public. It’s also quite boring as my mother-in-law reads it and I try not to be hurtful about anyone else whilst making it honest enough about “us” to be worthwhile. You would be more than welcome though if you wanted to log on and see who has been spying on you (in a very well-wishing sort of way). Just email me and I’ll send you the password etc.
Thank you for blogging. I will continue to send you good thoughts and well wishes for your new venture. You deserve them.
I have such respect for people who are prepared to change things the way you do. Life would be so much easier if we felt sure we were right all the time but then we would be wrong. I think..?
Take care,
Lins
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Hi Lindsay, thanks for commenting!
I’ve removed your email address from plain view so that you don’t get spammed, but will drop you a line, would like to come by and meet you a little more