Wednesday, April 16, 2008

why do I blog?

So on one of my last trips home, my dad and I were discussing blogging. He said, "I see Karin is on your blog... how did that happen?" I had to laugh. This was not a slight at either Karin nor I, but we didn't really hang out much when we lived in the same town, and we were a few years apart in school. I would, in fact, say that Karin had a closer relationship to my parents than to me.. So the question was valid. "We just found each other".

This sparked a long discussion about how the sense of community has changed. My blogging community, many of them with public blogs listed to the right, are an amazing coming together of friends, family, and friends of friends who I have grown to regard as friends of my own. Many of these people I haven't seen in 10 years. Yet, through this seemingly self-obsessed act of talking about ourselves and having people read our musings, we have reconnected in an extremely meaningful way.

So I'm a sap. I romanticize nearly everything in my life and inherited the Polyanna spirit of my father. I get excited about the littlest things and when I do, my hands go up into the air and I kind of dance around in a silly little jig. My heart does that when I think about you, my friends, my community. And I thank you.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

AWW when I get excited I dance around with my hands in the air as well!! It is the simple things in life, that matter most.

love ya!!

-Anne

Leigh said...

Getting excited about the small stuff is what makes my heart smile. I love it when you get excited and dance around! HUGS!

Claire said...

You just totally spelled out why I blog, too! I'm just new to all this (in terms of creating my own), but it's fun and the community commenting is great!

beinmyOWNself said...

i'm happy to be part of your community, lovely! and HOORAY for the small things that make us do the happy dances....y'know, they say don't sweat the small stuff...but don't FORGET the small stuff either:)
love you, banana!

Rae said...

Crazy, isn't it, how ten years apart can melt away in a blog posting or two? So glad we found each other again!

kclblogs said...

i'm grateful for this new way of reconnecting, too!

Anonymous said...

amen.

Rachel said...

Yes, amen.

Anonymous said...

And blogging connects us in real life, too. This past weekend, I was at your parents' home and we talked briefly about you and our new blogging connection! Funny, huh?? Blog on!