My Blog

In the past, the idea of having a blog and blogging seemed like a ridiculous fad. It seemed like it was something people did just to show off who they were or put things out in cyberspace that might have no use whatsoever. I never thought that I would have a blog of my own, but lateley the idea has been more intriguing to me.

I guess it intrigues me because sometimes it seems like it is a source of interaction in my world of limited interaction. I interact with people every day, but mostly family members, just because of where I am in life.

But then I found another reason for blogging as well. Being a mom who is home with a little child almost every day, I sometimes feel that I am losing my touch for other things besides washing dishes and diapers and little hands. Those are good things --washing dishes and diapers and little hands--but sometimes it is easy to feel that I would like my day to count for more than just cleaning and taking care of other people. I enjoy caring for others, but sometimes I feel like it is all I do.

Another reason besides keeping up with my typing skills and writing abilities, is that should somebody happend to stumble across my blog, who knows but maybe I will post something that will be helpful to somebody else. For instance, one day, as I was searching for infromation on how to strip cloth diapers, and I ran across somebody else's blog and it was helpful. Not only did it tell me how to do what I needed to do, but it also told about another mom's experience in picking out which kind of diapers she would use and if it was truly more cost-effective to use cloth diapers instead of disposables. I found it to be interesting. And, it gave me the feeling of, "I'm not the only one doing this." True, I know that other moms are doing the same things I am doing from day to day, but sometimes it can make a big difference just knowing you are not alone.
So, that is my reason for blogging.

Hopefully, I can think of interesting things to say besides the mundane things that I may encounter daily. Many days are hardly more than routine, but I do have a myriad of other interests in spite of being a mom. It reminds me of somebody I know who feels that I probably have little more to talk about besides the latest thing my child is doing, but the more I think about that idea, the more I realize that I think about so many other things besides, and that I have so much more I can talk about. Yes, I am a mother, but that doesn't define everything about me. So, this is my attempt to work at something more that "just being a mom."