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Disclaimer: My loving wonderful husband is very loving and very wonderful and always very supportive of my creative activities. He also has a very dry wit, and usually says things just how he sees them. And so goes this story:
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I told my sweetie that I wanted to start my own weblog. I was very excited about the prospect of putting some concrete thoughts “out there” in the world to make some sort of difference.
I was greeted with a blank stare. That “eyes-glazed-over” look. 😮
Hmm…
Well, he isn’t an easily excitable guy. And he doesn’t always get excited about what I’m excited about. This would obviously be MY thing and not his.
I set up my blog, complete with catchy title (well, I like it!) and pretty flowers. I pulled it up on his laptop, and was just about to unveil my creation to my sweetie when I saw him out of the corner of my eye. The look on his face was not quite encouraging.
“I just don’t get it! I don’t understand blogging. Putting your thoughts on the internet for stangers to see and comment on? I don’t see the appeal. I don’t see the point.”
I tried to encourage him: “Well, Sweetie, you don’t have to understand it. It’s not everybody’s thing. I will invite people I know to view my blog, too. This community is Christ-centered and I feel like I would like to have a forum like this in which to share my ideas, thoughts, and stuff.”
So, he looked at my site, and he said, “It looks like you. It fits.”
And he tried hard not to roll his eyes. 🙄
I got the sense that he really is supportive of my new endeavor, in spite of not totally understanding why in the world I would want to do such a thing. (Kind of like his line of thinking on why I enjoy watching The Princess Bride again and again and again!; he just accepts it as part of who I am.)
Most people reading this are probably fellow bloggers and find value in spending some of your time blogging. In my short time here I have already enjoyed this community and the exercise of making my ponderances coherent enough to share. I’ll just need to continuously remind myself that since my sweetie doesn’t share my enthusiasm for blogging that I’ll need to be careful in spending my time online!!
But you guys have already redeemed this activity for me – what with great allergy-free recipes (that even my dear sweetie can get excited about), thought-provoking topics (that contribute wonderful conversation ideas for my husband and I), and a forum which allows me to participate when I can (even if it takes me 4 hours to write a comment because I’m interrupted 42 times by my sweet kiddos). :blush:
So, hopefully my sweetie will also see the value and maybe one day he’ll “get” the concept of blogging. Until then, I’ll keep posting and smiling and sharing all of the best stuff I find on here with him.
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