Why I Blog

Just because she is so gosh darn cute!!!




I had to take today off from work. My daycare provider gets involved with the city trivia that draws in thousands. So she closed her doors on Friday (a friend of mine watched Skylar) and then also today. I was made aware of this many months ago so I scheduled a much overdue doctors appointment and stayed home with Tuki all day. We both enjoyed it, but like usual for me, the work-aholic that I am, I managed to get many other things accomplished. We went for a real long walk this am and saw wild turkeys by the river, cooked up some more food in the slow cooker, visited our neighbor, visited another friend that we hadn't seen since December, and picked up several piles of leaves. I gave Tuki one of those Fisher price cars that she can sit in and push around like the Flintstones (it was stored in my garage). Between fork fulls of leaves I'd push her around in it, and then other times she would play with it, by getting in and out. I think she kept herself occupied for at least two hours with that car (another rummage sale find).

One bird I noticed a lot today while we were walking this morning and then in my yard, was the Chipping sparrows. They were vocal, and zipping all around the yard. So I looked up their mating season and guess what, it starts right now and peaks in May...no wonder there was so much activity. They always set up nests throughout my yard and woods.

I decided to comment as to why I have started blogging. You see many of my friends and family have made off-handed comments to the effect that they think/thought it was dumb, that I had 'No life" because I blog or that they just didn't understand why any person would blog, or even that it is such a 20 year old thing to do. On the other side of things, many who have made these comments have then complimented me in the topics, and interest of the blog. So I guess I have made some into believers, or they are just being nice. I accept both options as valid.

So why do I blog:
1. I have learned many things about parenting from other people's blogs,
such as; serve food in a plate to toddlers instead of a bowl, that way they
tip them over less often because they can see the food better. Also when
Owl ripped the skin attachment from her upper lip that connects to her top
gum, I didn't panic, just stopped the bleeding and knew it would grow back.
2. The blog makes me think about writing. I have always thought that I had a children's book inside me somewhere, but felt it would never be able to materialize because I hat(ed) writing, but this blog has stimulated my creative juices and now I am thinking of writing about topics. There are still many days that I struggle in coming up with topics, but then on other days it is much easier.
3. It is a way of sharing pictures, milestones and stories about my kid(s). I use to bombard family and friends with periodic emails about all this, but I never really knew if they cared a to see them or not, so now I have sent the blog address out and if they want to know they can read it on line, if not then they don't. I'm not such a pest this way.
4. The comradely of those who are in the process or have gone before me in the whole adoption process. If you haven't adopted, you just can never fully understand, but finding allies in the adoption world for pre-adoption, in process and post adoption issues is vital. We are not alone.

Now the question remains; How long will I continue this blog?

I'm not completely sure, I would guess until I don't like the idea of writing in it anymore. I would hope well past the time Hawk comes home, because the topic of single parents deciding on adopting another child is always brought up in the adoption world. Maybe my experience "on-line" may give some people guidance as to whether to add to their family. Or maybe not.