Well .. WOW ... I had NO idea the support I would receive for staying true to me. For keeping my blog about me and not caring so much for what other's (negatively) think.
The encouragement to re-post the 'controversial' post was overwhelming (well outnumbered the nay sayers).
But you guys are right. When I first started this blog .. the VERY FIRST entry was the disclaimer. (if you want to re-fresh your memory click HERE) This wasn't going to be a daily Christmas card letter. Actually .. I thought the title kinda gave it away. I wanted MY blog to be real. To be honest. To say it like it is .. when it comes to my family and the things we are going through. When I look back .. I don't want to look back and simply see a perfect painting of our life. No, not so much. When I look back I want to be able to see the trials we went through and say "we made it".
From now on.. I will post what I want to post. Say what I want to say. Be who I am. Even if it's not what other's think I should.
I vow from now on to NEVER take a post off after I have published it.
If you don't like what I write .. DON'T READ IT. This is simply a matter of choice...
Really .. and thanks to everyone who emailed, facebooked and commented in support of me..
I CHERISH YOU!!
(it's back up .. in the order it was first published .. so you have to go back a few entries if you missed it the first time around)
Shrimp Juice
2 weeks ago
4 comments:
That's the woman I know and love! :) Good for you, friend!
So glad you did my friend! I still get goose bumps reading it just imagining the love you have for Hayley. Stay true to yourself!
You are a great example to me, thank you for that!
Good for you. I think people have lots of different ideas about what blogs are "supposed" to be and that's just it. Everyone's is what they want it to be. On that note... I hope you don't hate reading my "Christmas Card" blog (but if you did you wouldn't read it right.) We are obviously not going through the struggles you are YET. But when I do I know who to call. I really wish I had a mother like you standing in my corner when I was 15.
I have to concur with what everyone else has said. You are you and that is what makes you wonderful. I am personally glad that you spoke your mind. Many in the church try to sugar coat certain subjects. I think you are an incredible mother and amazing for protecting her. And as far as the shot goes.....tell her if she thought that needle was bad, try looking down the barrel of an epidural! :) Just know that there are those of us out there that appreciate you just the way you are!
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