Hi Crystal, thanks for your comment. Reading your story was like reading my own! I’m going to reply to you on your blog. 🙂

Anyways, I have a daughter (I’m sure it is harder with two, especially with one being a special needs little angel). I’m in my 20s, I stay at home, and I gave up graduate school dreams for family life. I also planned to be a professor of creative writing, or of lit as a back up. I love lit. I came to blogging because I too was a diarist for almost all of my young life, stopping after my mother read my diary. In my case she read it repeatedly, once even forcing me to sit down in the living room while she read it aloud to my father and younger sister. I was finally so shattered and so stripped of all privacy that I just couldn’t write a diary anymore. But that urge was always in me, so I came to blogging. I used to have a very personal blog, and then I toned it down and got less personal. My current blog is not only under a false name, but I hardly ever post photos of my family or talk about anything too personal to feel safe and to hide from cut off family. But I miss being more personal and sometimes wonder if I should go back to it. How did you get to where you felt safe being personal?

Do you think you ever will go back to school? I’m considering it right now (a low res MFA) but don’t know about money, scheduling etc. Also, since my husband’s career would make it impossible to pursue a career in academia, I’m not sure I should ask my family to make the financial sacrifice. I also have a mental health disorder that might make work difficult to maintain. But my poetry is what sustains me, and I’m determined to not give it up. I’ll always write and try to better my work. I also refuse to cede my identity to parenthood.

Sorry for the long winded comment. I just saw this post and had to respond.

Dana
http://www.somethinggoodblog.com

Thanks Samantha! It seems like we are both busy mamas who “need” blogging to stay creative! Glad to connect with you.

Thank you Jenni. Best of luck in your early months postpartum! I’ll soon be in your shoes in a few months. 😉

Thanks for all your inspirations Lindsay. I’m so glad I found your website, it really helped me to grow my blog in so many ways! Looking forward to connecting with you more in the future. It’s awesome to find someone who is so talented and passionate about blogging.

Thank you so much for participating in the #DesignToGrow link up!

Thank you Rachel! I love this new makeover I got by Lindsay. It’s great to connect with you too and looking forward to reading your posts!

I’m looking forward to reading more of your posts and it’s so great to connect with you through this link-up!