A few years ago i was reading some “tips” on how to be a great blogger! In those tips it said that : A. Keep you blog posts short B. Don’t try to be a WRITER C. Stick to daily life snippets..don’t go into politics, ethics, hot topics, pet peeves and so much more Well as i am fast approaching my two year blogging anniversary and my 200th post on this blog I have been thinking a lot about this lately. These guidelines were specifically laid out for “mom” bloggers. That’s when I started contemplating what exactly a mom blogger is ….I think it’s great to blog about your kids…I do some of that but I am a concerned parent. I love the Lord with all of my heart and I try with all of my heart to honor Him with all that I do…So here’s my problem with the title “Mom Blogger” and the afore mentioned guidelines. Politics, ethics and hot topics all affect my kids. they affect me as a parent. they affect my home life and everything that encompasses who I am. They affect my religion (notice i didn’t say faith). They affect my rights as both a human being and a parent. So many times people really want to hide behind their title as mom or parent and say I have to focus on my kids and don’t give a hoot about what is going on in the world around me. Perhaps this is why I like Focus on the Family so much. Dr. Dobson brings to light the things that our government tends to slip through under the table with out the rest of this world knowing! It is our right and responsibility to stand up for the decisions our government makes…If we don’t like it we need to exercise our freedom of speech..if we don’t it shows we don’t care..and that our freedom of speech means nothing to us. Perhaps maybe I have a little more understanding of this than some because I have had my freedom of speech taken away. I forfeited it when I chose to step on communist soil when I was 19. You don’t feel immediate oppression it’s when you start learning all the do’s and don’ts that it really hits you about what you have and just how blessed you are. Your rights as an American DO NOT follow you around the world! Can yo imagine being told that you can’t teach your kids until they are twelve about God…That means no church of any kind: or how about being told that you can only have one child….try picking which of your children you’d rather have, it’s just plain difficult; or better yet not being able to talk about God at all in any public place…that means no praying before meals. I am not by any means a conspiracy theorist or a pessimist but the reality is if we don’t stand up for ourselves we will not have the freedoms we now enjoy and very much take for granted. Just curious but when was the last time you called your state rep of congressman to let them know you did not approve of something being done by our government. I guess it has always been my motto that if I’m not willing to do something about it then I don’t have the right to complain about it. All of this being said, yes I am a mom and yes sometimes I blog about being a mom. But that is not how I define myself. That is not all of who I am. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, pastor’s wife (when we eventually have a church again). I am a church member I am a voter a teacher, a Believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a scrap-booker, an artist and a writer. I am a dreamer, a nature lover. I am a camper, movie goer, book reader. I am a citizen born and raised in the U.S.A. I am all of those things so I most certainly can’t and won’t limit myself to just one of those things. I love to do this (bog that is)! All of these things are why I blog!
