I have been blogging now for about 5 years and over that time I have built up a steady and loyal readership of which I am very proud. Each time I see another person has clicked to follow my blog my heart takes a little leap!
One of the reasons I started to write was as a way of releasing my emotions. I've always done this - when I was at university many years ago I wrote depressing poetry in reams!!! The difference now though is that whereas when I was at university, alone in my little concrete room, nobody read what I wrote, nowadays not only do people read it, they reply.
My last post was a cry from the heart, a release of my angst over the trials of motherhood, and from out there in the ether you came to help me. I was and am so touched by the care and friendship shown by people I have never met. This world of blogging gives us all a link and as we write about our everyday experiences, whether they be good, bad, joyful or sorrowful, it helps us to understand each other. Whether we live in the Home Counties of leafy England or half way across the world there is an understanding that fundamentally we are all pretty similar. We all have good days and bad. We all benefit from a hand that reaches out in tenderness.
Your comments made me feel good about myself. Your comments made me brush myself down, pick myself up, take a deep breath and carry on being a mum. I cannot thank you all enough.
One of the reasons I started to write was as a way of releasing my emotions. I've always done this - when I was at university many years ago I wrote depressing poetry in reams!!! The difference now though is that whereas when I was at university, alone in my little concrete room, nobody read what I wrote, nowadays not only do people read it, they reply.
My last post was a cry from the heart, a release of my angst over the trials of motherhood, and from out there in the ether you came to help me. I was and am so touched by the care and friendship shown by people I have never met. This world of blogging gives us all a link and as we write about our everyday experiences, whether they be good, bad, joyful or sorrowful, it helps us to understand each other. Whether we live in the Home Counties of leafy England or half way across the world there is an understanding that fundamentally we are all pretty similar. We all have good days and bad. We all benefit from a hand that reaches out in tenderness.
Your comments made me feel good about myself. Your comments made me brush myself down, pick myself up, take a deep breath and carry on being a mum. I cannot thank you all enough.
