I have been so excited about this blog for the last 24 hours!! As I said, I started it primarily so my son, Jack, could check in on what we were doing at home after he goes away to a major college located in the midwest well known for its football program (well, there are other reasons why I started this blog.....more on that later), but in the last 24 hours I started reading up on blogging (honestly, I never really read anyone else's blog, with some exceptions, which I will describe later), and the whole nature of blogging.
Reading other people's blogs gave me a little reality check. First, it made me realize I can't control who will be reading this blog, now, or in 10 years from now. So I should be careful in what I put down. You never know who I may encounter down the road...maybe a set of future in-laws for my children, or a future employer, and I don't know that these people need to know all the little details of my mind. Seeond, while I will always try to be honest, that doesn't mean I have to reveal all the details of my life. One of my kids asked me "are you ready to handle negative criticism?" Well, anyone who knows me knows that no, I am absolutely not ready to handle negative criticism!! Let's just say I'm not the kind of person who can smile when criticized and thank the person for sharing his/her feelings. I usually want to go for that person's jugular. Not something I am proud of, just being honest.
Which gave me the next reality check. I have to be honest....about myself. However, I can't always be honest about what I think about other people--especially my family members and friends. Specifically, my children are not going to want to read about what I thought about his or her performance last night in the school play/game/performance. You probably know that most mothers think anything their children do is amazing....well, I do not. I am honest in my evaluations about my kids, but I try to share that only with my husband (who always think they were the best), because it would hurt his or her feelings to know that I think they really messed up that game last night with all those bad 3-point shots that came nowhere near to going into the basket. So, I probably would not put that in this blog. Likewise, for example, my friend, Missy (a super clean eater!!) doesn't want to read that I think that thing she showed me in her nice clean refrigerator that looked like coagulated cottage cheese that she eats every day for her digestive health made me revolted, because that might hurt her feelings, which is something I don't want to do.
My oldest son, Jack (yes, I did decide to use my children's real names...I couldn't keep a cheat sheet straight), would NEVER want me to reveal anything about his life, so I will not do so (or so I say now). When I would go to pick him up at his high school, an all boys school in the suburbs of Philadelphia, he didn't want me around at all, so I made myself as inconspicuous as possible. I never made direct eye contact with anyone, and I avoided all human contact--just drive in, open the door, and let him in. Avoid talking to him until we were safely away from the school. I will try to do the same thing with this blog--or so I say.
Lastly, this little blog has made me realize that I will have to come up with something to write several days a week, which is not going to be a problem, other than finding the time to do it. I tend to be very loquacious, which spills out onto this blog. I will try to keep it short and sweet, but I can't always promise that it will work that way!
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