Mommy Blog

I do not want a mommy blog. I do not want it in a fog, or while I jog, or eat like a hog. I do not want it, Sam I am.

While I have found them to be absolutely inspirational and a truly fabulous resource, I do not want to theme my blog. Not just yet.

There are many many things I am passionate about and while they include my current round state, the creature that causes that roundness, and my absolutely wonderful mate, they are most certainly not limited to that. So, while I will write about (sometimes probably exclusively, since it is what occupies most of my brain) the adventures of mommyhood, I will not resign myself to making it a theme.

My life is such a whirlwind at the moment that a theme would be unfair to both you and I. While the last nine months have been a journey, the next nine will prove to be an adventure, with the birth of our child, our wedding, and an out of province move.

I keep asking myself why I wanted to blog, and though it's not really important, I've come up with some theories. One, is so that I remain sane. So I have a place to write my thoughts without boundaries. I can be as nonsensical and themeless as I wish, as long as I get it all out. Another, is so that I have something to do that is strickly for me. I feel as though I have lived my entire life for other people, something I will go into with further detail at another time, and I am giving myself this space to be the most unadultered form of me there is. This blog is mine. I also really love other people's blogs. I could spend a day reading through the blogs of total strangers. Today, I spend the majority of my morning doing just that, causing me to burst into spontanious laughter and tears. And then it hit me, the incredible sense of community a blog can really give you. I'm reading the things these strangers write and thinking to myself "yeah, I get that! I know just what you mean!". I'm finding friends that have no idea who I am, yet they are part of my life daily. As creepy as that may be, it also occurred to me that it is likely one of the reasons they blog in the first place. And perhaps one of the reasons I, too, want to blog. Of course I want to inspire and interest people. Of course I want to allow people to learn from my experience. Of course I want new friends. And all the other bloggers do too!

First and foremost, this blog is mine. But then it yours. And ours.