You have not really been reading blogs closely for a while - just barely scanning pictures - and you don't notice when people you used to read avidly have not posted in months...either because they have not posted or because they moved and you didn't catch the post where they mentioned it.
I am a bad blogger - in every way. :(
But then you actually stop to read a post, just an everyday normal post, and are reminded that even everyday normal posts are Totally Awesome. And you get inspired to write even if there is nothing to say. (To wit, I'm halfway through a second sock...I'm working my ass off at work to the point that I have decided that an afternoon cup of coffee might be necessary for me to function once I get home. Eh. Whatever.)
I don't know how you all typically come up with your posts, but for me, it all starts with one sentence. Sure, I see great ideas out there and memes that I could hop on the train of that could give me a starting point and some structure, but if that one special sentence isn't there, there is no post (actually, there's often nothing special about the sentence...sometimes it doesn't even survive the draft). The sentences come out of nowhere...and then I form a post around them. Lately those sentences are few and far between, drowned out by the squeaky voice of Elmo and the theme song to Sesame Street. Today's post-inspiring sentence credit goes to Juno...and it's special because it wasn't even my sentence..it was her sentence that started my post:
I was having a little bit of an obsessive brood this weekend about some topic whose grooves are well worn in my head - I'm not trying to be deliberately oblique or anything, or maybe I am.
If Juno is not in your life, she should be. Juno is majestic and beautiful and has the most amazingly positive way of psychoanalyzing things. Juno is the therapist I wish I could have been back in my I'm-going-to-be-a-psychologist days. Much as I love reading her blog, it has gone by the wayside along with almost all other blogs I have on my blogroll...not because I don't love her, of course, but because I got nuthin' left at the end of the day, not even to read.
Note to self - maybe two cups of coffee in the afternoon...just to see.
Anyway, a special thank you to my Queen of the gods. Your post today reminded me what I love about blogs and how cool it is when you can hear the person speaking as if she is across the table...and how much more that makes you miss her.
To you I offer the very rare family photo - only slightly out of focus:
7 comments:
Exactly.
I check your blog daily ~ how sad is that! I enjoy your writing and of course the pictures are the icing on the cake. thanks for sharing.
She gives awesome hugs, too.
Very nice to see your face, lovely lady :-)
You are doing a great job. You've got two little people who need your attention. :-)
Beautiful picture.
Wow, they certainly are growing up. Precious! We always blog less when we're busy, but it's important to have your priorities in order. And I think having two little ones is reason enough for sporadic blogging.
Your kids are cute, but you are still cuter.
I can't believe how big your kids are getting!!! Super super super cute, thank you for the picture :)
You can only do what you can do - the blog is supposed to be fun, not a source of guilt, right? I love your posts, but if it's between you getting enough / some sleep and seeing your kids vs. giving us a post, then I vote for the former.
hugs hugs hugs hugs
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