Comments on: {{blush}}

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:49:13 +0000

I just started my own blog this week after years of thinking, “why would anyone expose themselves like that?” As a fan of memoirs it still never struck me as something worth reading.

And then I had a baby and a devastating case of post partum depression. Suddenly the world of blogs made me feel less isolated, more connected to other mothers who were feeling thing as deeply as I was and reading how they processed the experiences saved me.

So please keep on blushing and hitting the publish bug! Your blog is tethering me to the outside world as I get through each day.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:35:41 +0000

Who knew that blush written in {{}} would be a perfect sensation translated to words and punctuation? You did, yes.

Just found you here though while pregnant I always read your other blog. You are a few months ahead of me, and I love reading about the next possible step.

Thanks for writing.

I hope you don’t pinch yourself anymore. [Said by a woman who was once a girl who used to pinch other kids to get her way. The only story about me that I hate to hear!]

By: Chops

Chops — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:42:33 +0000

It IS embarrassing. That’s probably why I avoid it the way I do. But it’s people like you who curl their toes an inspire people like me to try and share a bit of thought with the world.

By: JenniferB

JenniferB — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:37:46 +0000

I never feel like what I have to say will be “worth it” for anyone — which is why I usually don’t ever comment on any of the blogs I read every day. I even compose posts in my head, as though I have a blog (which I don’t) and then think, “whew — no one would want to hear/read this anyway”. But then I realize how much I need to be able to put it out there for ME, not anyone else, and so someday, hopefully soon, I’ll have a blog. Blog for YOU, and let US enjoy it.

By: Poet With a Day Job

Poet With a Day Job — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:08:10 +0000

you crack me up. I’ve got a it bad right now myself. Thank God I have two projects to work on to distract me. And more good news for 08.

By: camerashymomma

camerashymomma — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:45:11 +0000

i’m not sure if i’ve ever left a comment here before…i hear ya. i also love your ‘today is pretty’ and i know why you release thoughts there. sometimes there are no words, or maybe we just have to hear life with our eyes. (what?!) anyway, i wasnted to say i feel the same. usually publishing is like a knee jerk reaction, like tearing the band-aid off real quick. only later, if comments show up i think ‘oh, right. the world is big’.anyway, i don’t know what i’m saying, but i felt compelled to comment. i enjoy your writing and vision.

By: Shan

Shan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:21:48 +0000

Catherine Newman has a really good article in the new (print) issue of Wondertime magazine, about why (mommy-)bloggers blog. She hits the mark, at least for me.

I don’t often curl my toes when I hit publish, but I do sometimes think later that maybe I should go back and do “delete post”. I’ve only done it once though.

One of my favorite bloggers (Mary Tsao of Mom Writes) just folded her blog, because, as she said in her final post, she wanted a more private life. Maybe everyone is thinking about why they blog? It has been making me think about it a lot lately too….and if I should really continue (especially Mary’s concern about her growing children’s privacy)….

Anyway, as long as you’re writing, I’m reading, so good luck and stay brave!