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Enter the Blog-o-sphere

Many people blog for many different reasons - Take for instance the movie Julie and Julia about the famous Chef and writer that inspired other foodies to blog about their culinary journey! Some people blog about political interests, while others blog about study topics or travel attractions. (An unknown person's blog about Buenos Aires helped us find our way a good few times while we were there!)

Just this week I heard someone say "...Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation."

Granted, this was part of the script of the movie Contagion and I've come to realise that the world of film is more misleading than we care to admit - until you're the one sitting there waiting for the emphatic water breaking, light brow sweat and all cleaned up in 2 minutes wonder of movie-made child birth!

Blogging can mean so much more, if you want it to.

The reason why I blog may be different from anothers - and that's fine. I'm not out to compete for the Blog Awards, this year or the next! I blog because I enjoy writing - I like to type, handwrite letters, compose emails, send text messages and compose a birthday poem every now and then.


Our blog is for our family's records and to share some of our life with our loved ones - far and near. I write to clear my mind, save a memory or record a thought. Sometimes, when I look over at my sleeping kids (gosh!) and something comes to mind that I want to share with them, the only place to do so - at this time - is on the blog or in their journal. I definitely don't remember everything that I want to tell them, but I am assured that the moment and message wasn't altogether lost.

Later on in the week I spoke to an old school friend's mom, who simply stated that her blog was so that if ever her children - and now Granddaughter - wanted to know more about her, they could find it there in her writing. What a gift!

And while other blogs are brighter, longer, quirkier... with words like chocolate (if you're into chocolate) and links and photos and features to blow your mind... This is our's - La Vida Comos Lo Vemos / Life as we see it.

Comments

  1. DJacobsApril 16, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    And that's why I love reading your blog...keeps me connected to you and yours... love you all!!!!

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  2. michelleApril 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    I so agree. You have a talent, don't stop writing.

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