I Don't Know How They Do It

There are a dozen or so blogs that I try to read on a daily basis. Most of the these bloggers are moms like me who blog every single day and at minimum five times a week. How in the world is there that much to say? I can scarcely think of anything noteworthy once or twice a month. The funny thing is, these bloggers that I enjoy so much don't have all that much to say either, when it comes right down to it! It's just everyday life from their perspective, yet I somehow am drawn in. Cyberspace is a crazy CRAZY place. I highly doubt that I'll ever meet many (if any!) of these people but I feel like I kinda-sorta know them. They seem real, transparent, likable and down to earth in real life. (Of course I'm not naive enough to think that everyone's telling the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God! No doubt there are a billion blogger "personas" out there!) Nonetheless, these gals seem like the kind of gals I want to sit and have coffee with and laugh over the silly things our kids do and say. It's strange...and a bit creepy. Sometimes I feel like a stalker, but I'm really not. Promise.

And although these bloggers seem friendly enough I confess that they also intimidate the heck out of me. Could I ever have a "following" like some of these gals do? Not that I particularly want a following, it just would be nice to know that there are people out there who are truly interested enough in my family's life that they'd want to "check in" and see how we're faring. My life is a rather ordinary life, nothing fancy or full of jet-setting adventures...but it's my life nonetheless. It's a life that I love and a life that I am blessed to live. I don't seek the "approval" of others when I write on my blog, nor am I living vicariously through other people's lives when I read blogs. More than anything, blogging is one of the many wacky ways I feel connected to something bigger than myself.

So I'm going to give myself a little blogging challenge...just for grins. I'm going to commit to blogging for 14 days straight. I am hoping that this challenge will push me to think about my life in a different light. It will help me be bold. It will help me, hopefully, be a little more transparent and not so self-conscious. So if the next few entries make little to no sense, flow haphazardly in a disaster of stream of consciousness, or are full of nothing...it's because they are. Let the experiment commence.