Blogging is a very odd activity. To be truly successful you must think that what you are experiencing/thinking/liking many other people must also be experiencing/thinking/liking. As a dreaded “mommy-blogger” it is a way for you to connect to this wonderful and unique experience called motherhood. Regardless, it is a one-sided conversation that we all seem compelled to continue. The most magical thing about blogging is making new friends that you never meet and that is why I want to introduce you to Jane.
If you follow this blog with any regularity you will see her in the comment box. Jane (from What About Mom), is my BBB or Best Blogging Buddy. This is a unique place to hold in somebody’s life. This means that the only person’s blog I read more often than my own is Jane’s. This mean’s that I’ve shared so much of my life with Jane this year that I feel as if I should be sending her kids Christmas presents. I find myself quoting her or referring to things she said as if I had just seen her that morning at a PTA meeting (although there is no way Jane and I would ever go to a PTA meeting, because well, we wouldn’t). Jane is a BYU grad and fellow English major. She’s also a mother to three beautiful little girls. I love reading about her life and I no longer know if it is because I think she’s cool or if it’s because she writes so well.
This is why blogging is so odd. Do I REALLY know her? Isn’t this like saying I KNOW Julia Roberts because I’ve seen all of her films? Or does blogging really allow us to build a relationship with a person that we’ve never met? When you think about all the personal challenges and milestones that you share on a blog isn’t that building a relationship? Or am I creepy? (don’t answer that). Doesn’t everybody have a BBB?
Regardless, this Thanksgiving I’m thankful for Jane. I’m thankful for her blogging friendship. I’m thankful for all of the help and advice she has provided me regarding blogging. I’m thankful for the comments, the thoughts, and the good ideas she’s thrown my way. Mostly, I’m thankful that I’ve met her and I’m thankful that she has chosen to share her life in such a strange way.
Beth — meeting you has been one of the absolute highlights for me of blogging. Which of course you’re right is kind of weird, considering you live in Texas and I only hope we get to meet IRL sometime (I’m spending way too much time thinking about BlogHer!).
Of course, I was born in Texas, near Dallas, so perhaps it was all meant to be!
Thanks for sharing your life, your struggles, your triumphs and gratitudes here.
Amen sister! Let’s work towards BlogHer in Chicago. Pizza, Mountain Dew, and shopping. Ahhh, closest thing to paradise!