Giving meaning to Mummy Blogs

Starting blogging again wasn't a decision I came to lightly. Blogging was something that filled me up and gave me joy when I was struggling in other areas of my life.

Mine's not an unfamiliar story. I was a new mother with postnatal depression reaching out to an online community when I felt too fragile to connect with the real world around me. Writing little. lovely. helped me focus on the pretty things in life. The small details in the every day that were beautiful, worth noticing and appreciating when I was struggling.

I came to a point where I thought that I needed to stop blogging in order to prove I was better.

But during the months where I didn't blog, I missed the friends I'd met online who did and didn't know me. I wondered how they were, what they were doing, where they had been and how much their children had grown.

I had started to appreciate the beauty in the real world but realised I needed the beauty of the online world just as much. 

Mummy bloggers were born before the birth of the internet and most of us still feel like we need to take a connection into real life to make it count. But I've realised that this type of connection is the same regardless of whether they're made over a keyboard or coffee.

Beth from Baby Mac wrote this eloquent post on the radical nature of what we do in this wonderful little online world we've created.

One thing I know for sure is in a year's time I'll be proud of the small contribution I've made. And in Beth's words "I wouldn't change a motherfucking thing about it along the way."

Comments

[Sarah]

I'm very glad you are back.

[Lisa Humphries]

Such a lovely post that I can really relate to, thank you xox

[Bec]

It's lovely to have you back Khali. X

[Khali Whatley]

Thanks Sarah, Lisa and Bec xxx

[Jodie - Muddled UP Mumma]

welcome back Khali xx

[KTQ]

So overjoyed to see this post. You should be so proud of yourself. I love you xxx

[Shelley]

Lovely post. Read babymac's this morning to. Was a great inspiration for a newby mummy blogger!

[Jacqui]

I am so happy you are back! Gorgeous thoughts as always. So sad for you about the house.

[Rachel from Redcliffe Style]

Love post. Rachel x

PS: The house looked amazing, I feel like crying because I can't have it too.

[Kathryn Oliphant]

I am expecting my first child in June, and I stumbled across your blog whilst looking for inspiration for the nursery.

I kept checking to see if you were back, and I'm over the moon that you're now blogging again!

Keep all the wonderful-ness coming...I have a feeling that I'm going to need you over the next few months and years!

[Besquirrely]

Welcome back! I wondered what happened to you. I feel a similar pull and push with my blog, especially right now with a new babe in our nest. Time is so limited and yet I feel like I really need my online community and also a record of this fleeting time in our lives. Such a conundrum!

All the best to you and I'm glad you've decided to come back.

[procrastination mama]

Hey Welcome back lady! Xo

[Lisa Jay]

I'm glad I found your blog. You make a good point in this post. We all need community. While so many of us have attempted to walk away from facebook or blogging etc I think the truth is that there is so much to gain that is good & healthy about a connection made with others. We tend to compare it to the 'real world' but in it's own way it has become the real world because behind every blog there is an actual real person.

[gorras red bull]

Actualmente soy lo que significa que encantados de que sin duda lo hará. Simplemente el manual de instrucciones tipo que debe ser natural y no en general, las cuestiones bombo en otras palabras, alrededor de los sitios de otros. Sea agradecido por la propia expresión propia que implica más segura de archivos.

[Ning fathia]

Welcome back!

And to tell you the truth I just got back from blogging hiatus as well and I started because of the very same reason you wrote up there, postnatal needs of new moms shared experience.

We've never met but I felt like I know you better than my own neighbours :D

[Adidas Original Shoes]

Welcome back! I'm also really glad to see you're back, I've always really enjoyed reading your posts