In a conversation this last week, I actually had someone reference those that comment on my posts a cult following. I chuckled because there are really very few people that read or comment on what I post on the internet. That isn’t to diminish the excitement I get when those of you do read or comment. But realistically, I know that I am virtually an internet nobody, and I am ok with that.
Why do I post about, what I post about?
Really the major reason is because I am really bad at keeping a journal. I hate writing. The freedom to type and delete and edit is more my speed of record keeping. I am able to start and come back to something I was working on also.
You will also notice that most of what I post about has to do with my family and kids. This goes back to my first paragraph, I am really doing it for them. Everything I post I save to a special location on my computer to eventually print and give to my posterity. It will accompany the several partially written in journals I also have.
When I was young my mother and father separated and my dad died when I was 10, all I have from him is a couple pictures and crumbling memories. I don’t want that for my kids. Good or bad, I want them to know me. The best way I can do that is to try and record it. You will also see in my posts random things about what I cooked or where I went and pics of me with my kids on date night. It is simply my hope that each of those seemingly random posts may in the future be a little spark to ignite a memory or minor emotion.
Then why make it public everywhere?
Well really, I don’t have to and despite what anyone my think, it is not digging for compliments or try to say that I am doing any better than anyone else out there. Really, there is so much garbage and degradation on the internet that I think there needs to be some good stuff too, and to me family family and family life is good stuff.
That’s it, if you actually read this, thank you for stopping by. ;-D
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