Wednesday, August 26, 2009

This post should have been up a few days ago..

Wow. I realized that its been a year since I created this blog. When it first started I planned on using it just to post grocery deals, but quickly decided to include parenting stories and pictures of the boys. As the year has progressed I have become a little more comfortable sharing deeper parts of my life, the pain of losing our little boy, the joy of pregnancy and subsequent heartbreak from miscarriage, the trials of raising a child with Autism, and my thoughts on parenting in general. I am a long way from letting it all hang out, but I am working on it. I find it hard to find a balance in telling what I want to share and not offending my very conservative friends and family members. How do you do it? Aside from hiding your blog, how do you find balance? I hope I am growing as a writer, as a mother, and as a blogger. I am proud of myself for keeping it up this long! Here is to another year!

5 comments:

Sarah R said...

I'm proud of you too. And honestly...my family has no idea I have a blog. So I'm impressed that you shared yours.

mom2nji said...

My 90+ yo grandma reads mine, I dont worry about offending her so much tho, she is a hoot!

Jennifer said...

Just wanted to stop by and thank you for coming by my blog the other day!

Congratulations to your year of blogging! That is an awesome feat! Coz let's face it, blogging AND raising kids at the same time? Pfffttt!

As far as finding the balance between sharing your opinions and not offending anyone - I've basically had to create my own boundaries re: what I won't share/what I will. And then, I won't use real names either... just in case. But what really works for me? Most people I know don't know that I'm blogging. :-)

sheila said...

Well, happy one year.

Finally after many many years of child rearing...and I still am, it's just getting easier...

I finally have found my balance. It's a beautiful thing.

Aunt Becky said...

Happy, happy Blogversary! Hooray!