I have this new favorite webpage www.mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com. On some of the super-hilarious blogs I have read I have also found several bloggers linking to a fellow LDS blogger http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/ At first look it seems like any other LDS couple blogging about their lives. Or so I thought. Seriously?! How is this funny? I love reading about other moms struggles in getting things right with their kids in this topsy-turvy world we live in and even find the musings of www.themeanestmom.blogspot.com hilarious. The title alone deserves an award. However, if you have a problem with good, faithful LDS moms using blogs to keep in touch with friends, family and as a way to vent the frustrations in their lives I don't find it very funny. Grrrr!!!
I realize that this is a country with freedom of speech and whomever is taking time out of their pitiful lives to make fun of other so much has the right to do that. And most of you will tell me to suck it up and just not read it. Well, I won't read it again but I also will not sit by and let my wrath not be heard! Just like you would recommend/not recommend a restaurant or other place of business to friends so too am I NOT recommending you visit this fake blog!
I also realize that by posting the link I am providing the opportunity to boost the webpage's hits, so don't write me about it.
Okay, I feel better now.
Make Bows No More
11 years ago
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I dunno...when I read some LDS mommy blogs, I kinda feel like they sound just like that spoof--that every thing is so hunky dory all the time, that they love life 24/7, that nothing is ever wrong, etc., etc. There's actually a few people I know of whose blogs I can't get myself to read because they NEVER vent frustrations, they always claim they love Mommyhood all the time (even when their baby had strep and stomach flu, they sounded like they won the lottery). I wonder if it's spoofing that? Sometimes I feel like some members DO portray themselves as perfect 24/7. When I was diagnosed with Postpartum Depression after James' birth, I did receive criticism from a "perfect" mom in our ward b/c "how could I not love motherhood every day or be grateful to be a mom," and she didn't understand that loving motherhood doesn't mean that I can't struggle once in a while. I love my son, but I am also not perfect, and maybe the person writing that blog has struggled with those same feelings?
I know that some people out there do pretend that everything is fine and never goes wrong (heaven help me if I come off that way) and I had a REALLY hard time when I was first diagnosed with PPD after the twins were born. I was in complete denial at first and then I felt so ashamed that I didn't tell a single person. I finally came to terms with it when I was pregnant with Thomas and had tried going off my medication. Big mistake! Some women just don't experience the same emotional rollercoaster after childbirth just like some women never get morning sickness. I know that you ARE grateful that you have James and you are the best mom for him that he could have. I highly recommend you read "She's Gonna Blow!" by Julie Ann Barnhill. It's basically anger management for moms and helps you deal with the barrage of hormones and emotions.
You must be my long lost friend out there ... as I read over your blog I am seeing a kindred spirit (yes, Anne is one of my faves) - anyhow, I couldn't agree more. I am totally into mommy blogs - they are a great release and they totally help me view the craziness of my day with a lighter eye instead of an angry one (like when my son colored all over my walls with permanant marker). So, I just had to gag as I read over SerSoBlessed one day, I love a good satire (have you ever seen Raising Arizona?) but I really can't stand that particular blog. I think it is because religious matters are made too light, I don't go there. My religious beliefs are too sacred to treat that way. Life is not perfect and I think if we can laugh at the mis-happenings, we are in a better place than we would be if we didn't. It has taken time for me to learn that as I have also battled depressive issues. And I can see that just looking at life for the funny has made a huge difference in my own life (many thanks to the mommy bloggers who were already doing that - they showed me it was okay and it has helped a TON) So, maybe we are the only two out there who feel this way about that blog, but I am glad to know I have good company! And I put a little button on my blog that says "I ♥ Nice Bloggers" - that was my little retaliation to Seriously et.al. blah blah blah
I'm with you on the point-your-finger-laugh-and-mock blogs that you talked about. I have a friend who recently posted about whether or not people put their 'real lives' on blogs or just try and use it as another medium of competition. But like jls said, I think it's good to vent frustrations, embarassing moments (I had two in one day and blogged about them both just this week! You should read them...oh brother!) Anyways, I love your blog and found it on sugardoodle. Hope you don't mind me peeking in...
So here I go entering the fray. I didn't go look at the blog that you were venting about, but here's my take on blogs in general: if you didn't want an audience, you wouldn't blog. The whole point of a blog is to be read. If you want some good, honest, heartfelt venting, that's what journals are for. What I love about blogs is what you wrote about: being able to connect with other people. I don't think all that many people want to read about ALL sunshine and light or ALL gloom and doom; it's the balance that's most useful. Kind of like holiday letters (my mom used to get one from a friend that was seriously only about all the tragedies that had happened the previous year).
At any rate, I LOVE your blog, Megan!
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