Whachu blogging about Willis?

An offline friend of mine (well… I’ve never actually met this person in real life but I know him outside of his blog so I think that counts as offline-ish) wrote a post recently that has me thinking.  Go on, check out the post first.  This post makes me a little nervous.  Mostly because he’s a writer – I’ve seen him edit people’s work and while I do run a spell check on this blog, it’s certainly not ready for any red pen review.

Some lists actually do help me, so I’m going to do some thinking-on-blog listing (similar to thinking out loud – accept well you can’t actually hear me…okay, you’re not all reading this without caffeine – you’re likely quick enough to pick up on that as we jump in. okay, got it.)

• When I started the blog I really needed a place where I could go and deal with my life in writing and the idea of sitting down with a pen and a notebook just made it all seem more scary.  Everything was not rosey – I was working through a kind of difficult work experience where I just didn’t feel busy or challenged enough for those 40 hours a week and thus put my personal life and my marriage under WAY more scrutiny then it needs to be.  This resulted in an overall feeling of discontent.  And not one person, mother or friend wants to deal with someone that has that much stuff going on in her head.  So at first the blog became an outlet for me.  It wasn’t about anyone reading it – it was about giving myself the attention that my thoughts deserved.
• Then I started to read other peoples blogs because my life, in a lot of ways, was lonely and the idea that I could feel less alone by being a teeny tiny part in someone else’s life was really special.  It started to feel like a community where I didn’t really have one before.  It’s since really become this for me – being pregnant with many of you at the same time and having the benefit of all of your experiences makes me feel more equipped.  At the end of the day if I had a problem I know I could ask for advice and get the very best advice from all of you.
• When I started getting comfortable with my blog I shared it with people in my personal life – some of my family, friends and it’s been a great way to get back in touch with people that I’d let drift away…I love that it’s helped us reconnect – part of me wishes they’d start a blog so that I could be a part of their daily life again…but really I’m just grateful that we have a connection again.
• Ego or Little oh Me complex.  So there is something about ego in here – it does give me a little bit of a thrill that people read what I have to say…and sometimes even comment.  Who doesn’t like to feel a little loved?
• Documenting for prosperity – I like that I’m documenting milestones in my life – so that I remember those moments and I love that as this baby arrives my family will be able to tune into the daily version of our lives via the blog.

So I guess the answer to the question that he posts:

“Do we have some special insight that the rest of the world does not, some precise, intuitive lien on society and mankind that bears broadcast?”

In my opinion, yes.  I believe we all do have a special insight…it’s called perspective.  Sometimes it highlights a likeness and other times it highlights a difference….at the end of the day it’s our own; as unique as our fingerprint.  Does this “bear broadcast”?  Well I wouldn’t really want George Bush spending time out of his day reading my blog…I would hope he has more important issues to be digging into, but I do think there is a place for my voice in this blogosphere.

Care to throw your two cents in?  I’d love to read your take on this.