Excuses
I haven't felt much like blogging lately. It shows a bit. Since Daddy came home from Helsinki, I've realized that I need to make a conscious effort to step away from the computer. I feel so much more refreshed and happy when I spend more free time with all three of my boys.
This week I broached the topic of quitting my blog with Daddy. Why, I said, do I need to feel so guilty about keeping up my blog? For what? Surely the world would not stop turning if I wasn't keeping an updated record of every sneeze and swearword that graced the lips of my beautiful babies. Surely the bazillions of pictures I have of both kids can suffice as a record of Jakey's formative years. Do those pictures really need captions?
Daddy told me a was both quitter and a loser, that keeping up with the blog was not about that at all. It was about the beauty of the internet, that all of our family lives far away and delights in following the goings-on of my three intrepid explorers. It's so my 75-year-old grandma nearly 1000 miles away can get on her computer once in a while and feel like she is not so far away from her great-grandboys. She emails me all the time and tells me that my blog is "such a joy".
So basically I am a ginormous donkey turd, with my thoughts of taking my blog away from my wonderful grandma. Obviously my guilt is not because this blog is something I dislike, but because I am completely ungifted when it comes to finding balance in life. That's something that I'll probably have to work on for many, many years to come. In the meantime, perhaps my grandma -- and the story of the Jake -- shouldn't suffer from it. So here I blog again.
This week I broached the topic of quitting my blog with Daddy. Why, I said, do I need to feel so guilty about keeping up my blog? For what? Surely the world would not stop turning if I wasn't keeping an updated record of every sneeze and swearword that graced the lips of my beautiful babies. Surely the bazillions of pictures I have of both kids can suffice as a record of Jakey's formative years. Do those pictures really need captions?
Daddy told me a was both quitter and a loser, that keeping up with the blog was not about that at all. It was about the beauty of the internet, that all of our family lives far away and delights in following the goings-on of my three intrepid explorers. It's so my 75-year-old grandma nearly 1000 miles away can get on her computer once in a while and feel like she is not so far away from her great-grandboys. She emails me all the time and tells me that my blog is "such a joy".
So basically I am a ginormous donkey turd, with my thoughts of taking my blog away from my wonderful grandma. Obviously my guilt is not because this blog is something I dislike, but because I am completely ungifted when it comes to finding balance in life. That's something that I'll probably have to work on for many, many years to come. In the meantime, perhaps my grandma -- and the story of the Jake -- shouldn't suffer from it. So here I blog again.
posted by Claire at 11:42 PM
7 Comments:
Yay for blogging! :D But you shouldn't feel guilty if you need to take a break for awhile here and there! (however, definitely no need to quit altogether, that'd be lame) ;)
I totally know how you feel. You can probably tell by my blog.
We would be so unhappy without seeing the blog. We've checked everyday since the last blog. We were so afraid that you had given it up. Most of our best pictures of all of you are downloads from the blog sight.Keep it up sweetie. LUV, Mamaw and Dadaw
Dear Claire: if you stop your blog...how will I keep up with what's happening to my favorite ex-grad student and his family!! You write so well and have such a wonderful sense of humor. I would truly miss hearing about your family's adventures. Please tell Michael that I am going to be a grandmother in January (finally!)and that I love retirement!
Susan
YOU CAN'T STOP! But surely as any academic knows, you can take a sabbatic every now and again (-: We'll all survive without daily updates but we sure do miss them. And what is this crap about "balance"? It is an illusion, just move from one obsession to another (well perhaps, the humans-including you, deserve slightly more time, than the blog. Just don't start playing Facebook word games or you will be on the path to previously unknown depths of time wasting (-:
Thank you, everyone, for your kind words. And quick on the draw, too. Really lifts a girl up.
ok...so I am a little late in responding though everyone said what I would want to. No pressure on writing daily or even weekly...just throw some pictures of the boys up here every once in awhile with your wonderful, engaging commentary, and you'll keep the masses happy. :)
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