Of blogging and randomness
Soaking in the tub a few nights ago I had all sorts of different thoughts swirling in my head and I was thinking of blog posts I could write. Except that it all seemed so . . . random.
But life is like that isn’t it? Kinda random and all mixed up. Like walking into the bathroom upstairs and seeing graham crackers lying on the floor and thinking “why?”. Really I didn’t just make that up, I went up to run the bath and there they were. I threw them in the toilet.
The thing is I’d like to write more because I am realizing that there’s something really cathartic about writing out your thoughts. But, <there’s always a but > I worry.
My first concern is that I’m not a writer. I’m not. I can write OK sometimes but generally speaking I am NOT a writer. My grammar is terrible and oh my gosh don’t even get me started about typos. Fortunately my loving husband reads here and will gladly point out my errors to me (what a guy!) . I generally go back and fix the things he points out to me ’cause well I am a bit vain of course, but also because I hate to have to subject too many people to those misspelling and grammatical nightmares and lastly because frankly I really don’t want to embarrass my kids too much. . . at least not in that way. 
My second concern is having my thoughts seem so random (OK I need a new word) and/or jumbled. Like how do I connect one thing to another and make it sound, you know, meaningful? And then I realized that’s just too much work to even try. . . and really who cares? I mean, I care but why worry so much about something that’s so unimportant? If my random jumbledness bothers you then most likely you won’t read here anyway. Not that I’d want anyone to leave but I also wouldn’t want to be annoying so if I annoy you, well I understand. Trust me, I annoy myself sometimes.
My point is I have decided to throw caution to the wind (uh, sort of) and just write. Everyday. About my life, my kids, my difficulties my triumphs, my fears, whatever. I just hope I don’t bore anyone too much.
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May 24, 2008 - 12:05:43You just sound like you need a hug!
Write what you write in the way you write it — it is chummier(?) that way. .
God Bless,
Melinda in SE Texas
This is the best news I had today :))) I think this will be wonderful!! Love,
I’m a newish reader, and I don’t even remember where I found you at, though it was only, oh, two or three weeks ago.
I hope you have fun with the writing, and don’t worry too much about your readers. The people who like you will stay, the people who don’t will leave, and you’ll be the happier for just writing whatever moves you. I still wonder why people read my blog, truth be told. But they do! 
I’m with them! (And could I be in better company?) Write from your heart, Sweetie, ’cause it’s a beautiful heart.
And we’ve ALL got graham crackers on the floor, so we can definitely relate.
Go, Michele! I love reading your thoughts.
Life is random. The best part of a blog is it is your place to write what you want - and any way you want.
I enjoy reading about you and your family. Please continue.
I love reading other people’s random thoughts! Especially the Catholic mother of 10 who homeschools. Can’t think of anything more interesting, frankly!
Go for it!
I love your blog! I’m not sure where I first ran across your blog, but I bookmarked it right away.
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