Mommy Blogs

I've wanted to post about this for a while but never found the time to do it.  I heard on the news that "mommy blogs" are the fastest growing category of blogs on the internet.  Guess I'm riding a trend I didn't know existed.  Surely this qualifies as one, but I grimace at the thought of being categorized.

Before starting this blog last June, I only read a handful of blogs.  And by that I don't mean regularly.  I just happened to stumble upon a blog here or there and would read a post or two of it and then move on, usually back to whatever I was looking for/at in the first place. 

I had two main motivations in starting a blog: First and foremost, after struggling to maintain a paper baby book or finding a safe, easily accessible place to keep a digital one, I wanted somewhere to keep track of Punky's development at my leisure in a form that would be truly enjoyable for me.  I always loved writing.  I'm hardly the scrapbooking type...

Secondly, I was hoping writing would have the same benefit for me now as it did when I was younger.  Somehow, getting things down on paper made them easier to deal with and I used it as a way to help cope with whatever life threw at me, both good and bad.  I got away from it once I "grew up"... I guess that's what you'd call it anyway.  Graduated from college.  Got a job that didn't require a uniform.  Got married.  Bought a house.  Yada yada. 

Since starting this blog, however, I have read many blogs, a handful quite regularly, and some of them fit the "mommy blog" category.  It is comforting to see how others handled the very issues I am facing now and also what I may be in store for in the future.  I have found some shining examples of truly funny mommy blogs that grabbed my attention from the get-go and made me an avid fan.  Others though, the majority I've seen, appear to be nothing more than online photo albums with one line comments so family and friends can see how/what the little ones are doing. 

The purpose of this blog, for me, is more about the opportunity to write than posting pictures or daily updates of who did what and when.  It was never my intent to write solely about Punky or motherhood.  I had hoped to have the time to make it much more than the mommy blog it's turned into... It's nice to know that people read this and follow along as I fumble my way through motherhood, but in the end I am writing for Punky.  When she is older, she will have a bird's eye view into her childhood that can't be attained through pictures.  She will truly know her mama, what makes me tick, how I think... She will see how much I will always love her, and how that love will ultimately shape the people we both become over the years.

So yeah...I guess I'll graciously lean in and accept the "mommy blog" stamp on my forehead.  Maybe one day I'll have the time to lighten the ink.