So, I think I'm going to start updating my blog again. Maybe.
I wasn't sure what I had to offer anymore, really. I didn't feel I was contributing anything to this blog that you couldn't find better somewhere else. Recipes? Tons of people have them. (People who really know what they're doing with them too.) Wit and humor? I certainly don't have the market on that. Thoughts on family life? ALL over the place.
But now I don't really care anymore (about finding a voice and offering something unique that nobody else has or even if people are actually reading this). I'm just going to have fun with it, which is probably what I should have been doing in the first place.
Now, there are a couple of loose story ends to tie up before I move on to new content:
1) Ocean is going to school and she likes it and I'm okay with it too. Liking it even.
2) Vern's dad died last month.
3) I'm making a documentary. Shhh... don't tell anybody that I don't really know what I'm doing. (Actually, I probably know a lot more than I give myself credit for). Basically, what I'm doing is following a midwife around for a year, intending to make a beautiful cinematic portrait of what the midwifery profession looks like. No preaching. No soap boxing. Just beauty. Quiet, simple beauty.
I guess that's about it for the updates.
I think I've changed a bit since I first started this blog. Remember all those Soapbox Sundays? I was really trying to change the world. Now I don't really care what the world is doing. I'm just trying to work on myself, you know? My days are spent with self-examination, reflection, and trying to figure myself out (believe me, it's more exciting than it sounds because I'm a really interesting person!).
I'm still doing all the things I used to do and write about (breastfeeding, not vaccinating, attachment parenting, making our own toothpaste, whole foods eating, etc.), but, it's like, they just don't mean as much anymore. Yeah, we do all that stuff, but who cares? Me? Not so much.
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2 comments:
Allison, I am happy to hear you will be posting again. I truly love reading this blog and have been reading it for years now, without ever getting bored. I understand how you feel about getting lost in a sea of blogs and needing to be unique--but what you might not see is that you ARE unique. Your blog is one of a kind. The focus of this blog is your perspective, YOU, and your life. No other blog offers that. You are witty and fun, and I love this peek into your very interesting mind. I do hope you keep it up; it has given me much joy and many laughs over the years. All the best, Lisa
I also want to add that another major part of my interest in your blog is that the path I have been on for the last few years is very similar to yours. You are always a couple of steps ahead of me, though :) You give me inspiration and ideas, and you are a real person who doesn't pretend her life is perfect (like most other bloggers out there, perhaps including myself).
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