Who am I to pass up a chance to celebrate, just a little!?!?
The kind and very generous people over at Mother’s Day Central put together their first list of Top 100 Mom Blogs
and – all you’d have to do is take a good look around, here – imagine
my surprise to come home from a looooong two day road trip)and
find This Full House of rotting apples and stinky luggage to be in such fine bloggity company, including some of my most favorite…women…in…the…entire…blogosphere, most of who are just about ready to pop a kid, and are still blogging!?!
I know what you’re thinking – these people
be trippin’! – but, it’s so nice to know that a itty-bitty blog (like
mine) can inspire at least one person to, you know, send a
broken-out-and-severely-premenstrual-old-momma (like me) some pretty
flowers, not to mention a few kind words, even.
"We Think Mom Bloggers Deserve a Little Recognition…Hey we all know that moms work hard. But mom bloggers work hard, and run blogs. We think that deserves a little extra recognition. After all, mom bloggers are also helping other moms."
My sentiments, exactly!
Though, they did admit to having trouble "categorizing" some
blogs (like mine) and – never one to conform totally to any truly rational explanation, trust me – I can’t blame them and trust
folks understand that I really don’t expect anything more than the
warm, fuzzy feeling I’m having inside, right now.
For that, I am truly thankful – did I mention it’s cold, here in Jersey!?!?
I’ve said it before
and I’ll say it again, raising children is hard. Blogging is even
harder. There hasn’t been a day that’s gone by – especially, since
the nearly four years I’ve been blogging – when I don’t question
myself or wonder whether or not I’m doing the right thing.
To most folks, probably not.
But, my blog is one of only a few places, where I can go and
actually hear myself think and meet other mommy (and daddy) bloggers,
who – though, it can seem an ugly sort of word, sometimes – don’t
always agree, but at least …you know…they listen!
Don’t let my feeble attempts at appearing humble and smart, fool you – compared to anyone of these BlogHers,
I am a bumbling idiot – I take great pride in knowing that my blog
has made such a list and that, at the end of the day, I can close my
laptop and look forward to getting through another day of surprising
the living crap out of those around me, including myself!
For that, alone – thank you just doesn’t seem to cut it – well,
it’s enough of a reason to celebrate and acknowledge the fact that my
children should perhaps be eternally grateful, too!