I have been blogging since December 2009 and in that time many things have happened to me. But the thing I couldn’t have forseen is the friendships I have made in cyberspace. I might once have thought that was a rather sad admission to make. Surely internet friendships are the preserve of geeks and saddos with no life who snuggle up to a computer for warmth? Well actually no. They are really rather good.
The blog community in which I live, the one with other mums and dads and like minded people who share the same worries, anxieties, insecurities and joys as me is a very lovely place to be. In fact Emma at Me, the Man and Baby wrote about this very subject yesterday.
The trials and tribulations of daily life can easily be off loaded on a blog or on Twitter, and there are always people to comment, show support and make you laugh. There are other stories, accounts of daily life, reflections that make you feel you are not alone in this journey of parenthood.
Insights into people’s lives you feel privileged for being allowed a glimpse at. The wonderfully inspiring Jen at Autism, the King and Eye constantly amazes me with her humour and unique view of the world while GeekyMummy assures me that being a working mum does get a bit easier. I love the fact that while I spend a fair bit of time complaining about the trials of bringing up a toddler, The Moiderer is constantly in awe of her ‘Little One’ and the wonderful things she does, not a hint of cynicism. She reminds me that we are lucky to have little people in our lives.
A while back I had a ‘conversation’ with Sally at Who’s the Mummy about the fact that even if something super crap happens to you, at least you can blog it – what a great lens through which to look at life!
There are many, many other blogs I love and follow avidly, and just so you know the ones on my blogroll are just a few of the many I read.
Since telling my husband how important this release of emotions and escape is for me, he no longer sulks when I ‘drop a blog’, he understands. (Well mostly he puts on Sky Sports, but that’s okay).
I recently discovered that at least one of my blog friends is actually a very nice real life human being too. I met Perfectly Happy Mum last week. She came round with her two boys who are not far in age from my two girls. We hit it off instantly, we had a good gossip about life the universe and everything in between while our children collectively trashed the joint (well more mine than hers to be honest, I’ve rarely seen two such well behaved toddlers as Peggy's), my daughter ran around with no clothes on (she’s SUCH an exhibitionist) and Peggy and I had half conversations in between rescuing the baby, arbitrating who got the pushchair and various other child related interruptions.
This made me realise that we do lay ourselves pretty open on our blogs. I think if all the people behind all the blogs I read are as lovely, genuine, funny as they come across, CyberMummy will be a very happy event indeed. My only concern is there won’t be enough time in the day, but that’s a problem I’ve had for several years now!
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