Long, Slow Decline
This blog, as you may have noticed, is on a long, slow decline. It's funny. My readership is up. I have more followers. There was that whole controversial internet famous period not that long ago. If I wanted to officially be named a "mommy blogger," now would be the time to go for it. To get some ads up and start writing witty posts that involve lots of toilet humor and references to sex. Or to pretend to be one of those ladies who can't find time to shower anymore now that I have kids, because that seems to be a popular theme. (Tip: Shower at night!) But it's just not in me. I think I'm running out of things to say. Or at least things that I want to say in public.
I'm finding that I feel really uncomfortable writing much about the twins now that they are getting older and becoming more vocal themselves. It's just so impossible to know what they or I might feel ashamed by later on. Though I occasionally write posts about things other than adoption and parenting, very often I am unable to finish them. I don't have the time to do the research needed, or I lose steam before I'm able to make a point.
What to do? While I understand the reasoning, I always hate it when people suddenly make their blogs password protected. It's like you've been going over to someone's house every day for years, and all of a sudden they refuse to open the door, and it always kind of hurts my feelings. Plus any useful tidbits of information regarding adoption are immediately locked away from people who might need them. So I don't want to do that. I don't want to use password protection as an excuse to go ranting about things that are probably not suitable for any kind of public consumption, password-protected or not. And honestly? There's not much controversy to write about over here. Things are going pretty well. Nope. I think if anything I'll just stop writing. I mean, I'll probably never really stop writing. But I may stop writing here. We'll see.
Of course, that may mean losing touch with a whole bunch of nice people that I've really come to enjoy and care about. This makes me sad.
Anyway, I'm not gone just yet. But I am contemplating the future of the Public House and trying to figure out what it looks like. I'm not sure...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
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2 comments:
I have had so many of these same thoughts. On the showering issue, I am sure that single parents have trouble finding the time, but in a two-parent house like ours, it really was never a problem. Of course, we only have one child, but still.
As for the password protected stuff, I hear you. I have felt the same way. I have gone back and forth a lot on privacy and still haven't decided what I think. Abe has recently taken to being embarrassed when I talk about him. He says, "Mom, don't say that. I want to keep my stories." Little does he know that there is a blog out there with his name all over it. This makes me worry about the future and not wanting him to feel like I took his stories from him. Ach. A lot to consider.
I completely understand the desire to keep your thoughts (and your children) protected.
I will say, that as someone who will very likely be adopting in the future, I've appreciated seeing how your children have become a part of your day to day life.
You make adoption look like a great option and I really love reading your stories (however short and infrequent they are).
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