Because my mom-in-law said so

My mother-in-law said that I should start blogging again, and I feel the need to quote here... "because my blog is both humorous and insightful." Did you catch that this was my mother-in-law? Seriously, I hit the mother load (no pun intended..or is it) when I married into this family.

I've noticed a trend in blogging over the past few years. The trend is that there are many funny women out there who have writing styles like mine. And that annoys me. A little something I've noticed about myself lately is that I don't like being a copy. For example, whilst on vacation with my parents last month, I noticed my mother and I were laughing the exact same laugh, and it bothered me so I tried laughing differently. Have you ever tried to laugh a different laugh than your own? Don't...it is dumb. And thent bothered me that it bothered me. She is really cool (hit the mother load with my own family as well), so why wouldn't I want to laugh like her? Or for that matter, why would I mind sharing my humor with other woman bloggers?

I could be selfish...it is a possibility. I pretty much grew up as an only child so maybe I don't like sharing my toys.

I could be a jerk. All my friends and family will defend me (you better), but I know me. Jerkdom is an option.

I could be so overwhelmed with all my responsibilities at home and with the children that I don't have time to spend on the blog. Oh man...I actually laughed out loud when I wrote this. My Facebook stalking would state an opposing opinion.

I had an English professor say, "Don't take yourself too seriously when you write. You can spend some time in introspection, but don't stay there." I feel like I shouldn't have even put quotation marks around that because it was 10 years ago and who knows if what he said was even close to that...but this is what I feel he said.

Regardless, I do think this is a good lesson. It doesn't hurt to look at myself...but don't dwell there. There is much to be done out there in life- people to feed and to care for and to love on. I don't want to waste the few years I have looking at myself only. Other people are way more interesting.

So I may hesitate to blog but I can put that aside for now and instead of trying to figure out why I hesitate, I can show my mother-in-law that I love her. I love that she cares what I think, and I love that she tells me that she cares.

I love you LInda. I hope you know that.