I really have been enjoying blogging, it's helped jump start my tired brain cells.
I am raising my kids alone while my husband is deployed. He's been deployed since April, with a short break in October. If you do the math, that means he has not been present for several holidays and will be absent for even more. I begin the day running and end it the same way. I really thought I was losing it and needed to read about other people's lives and maybe talk myself through mine (I didn't care if anybody was reading it, I just needed to put in words what I couldn't share with a four-year old).
But something happened yesterday. I woke up and first thing I did after getting the kids off to school was check my email for any news from my husband. Instead, there was a comment to my other blog and I went out to see what it was. It was a writer's critique. I don't remember applying for a job as an author, so I really didn't understand why someone felt the need to correct me publicly for my spelling. But that's not all, she was kind enough to write a whole blog on how she found my mistake and then linked back to my blog! I thought I was being oversensitive, but when I discussed it with my husband later, he said "Holy crap, what kind of person would do that?" It ate at me all day. Not the fact that I misspelled something (who kares?), but that she felt the need to humiliate someone she didn't even know. And the point is, I AM over sensitive right now and I deserve to be.
I have mentioned on my blog that I am In The Gutter trying to look back up at the stars (maybe you missed that while you were busy checking out my punctuation), maybe this is just NOT the place to do it. I can't see stars if I'm staring at a computer screen.
author's note: In the time it took to type this blog, my child unpacked her diaper bag and began eating her Desitin. Maybe this is not the best time to explore my creativity.
So, I am saying "Cheers" for a while, and if you want great reading, check out the blog that inspired me to start this whole process . GetInTheCar
I'm so sorry she made you feel this way. I just found your blog a few days ago and I have been enjoying it immensely.
ReplyDeletePeople need to chill out and realize that some blogs are meant only as outlets (like a journal - only much less private). I use my blog for the same purpose.
Don't let her discourage you or put you back in the gutter. There are more people that understand what you're doing than those that do not.
By the way, I want to thank you and your family for the sacrifices you are making so our country continues to enjoy the freedoms we take for granted. Please pass my thanks along to your husband and let him know his efforts are appreciated.
You are such an amazing woman for parenting throughout a deployment...and Norman Rockwell-esque blogs can be fun to read, but I prefer the down and dirty tell it like it is kind...look forward to your posts!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the plug, btw ;)
Here's an Irish Blessing for the obviously crabby and hormonal witch who had the nerve to critique you:
ReplyDeleteMay those that love us, love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping.
~Irish Blessing