Tuesday, October 13, 2009

blog-worthiness

I often "click around" and read blogs that I find in other people's blog lists. (This is how I find most of the stuff that I steal and post on here. Just kidding. I always credit the author. You people know that.) There are A LOT of blogs written by parents of children with Down syndrome. In fact, there is an entire community of bloggers who are parents of a child or children with Down syndrome. When I read their posts, I think, "What am I doing?" I'm not sure I really have anything "blog-worthy" to say. I mean, these people have HUGE lists of blogs that they follow, and they all follow each other's blogs. And most of the blogs are dedicated to Down syndrome issues. I struggle with that aspect of this whole blogging deal. I have THREE kids, only one of whom has Down syndrome. When I neglect to mention the girls, I feel guilty. When I neglect to mention something important related to DS, I feel guilty. Some days I feel like a big ol' DS advocate (even though I have exactly 1 year and 3 or so weeks experience at this). Some days I don't WANT to be an advocate for anything. Some days I feel like being extremely sarcastic (and I usually edit those posts A LOT before I post them). Some days I am feeling really mushy. (Again, I edit vigorously before posting.) How do these other bloggers do it? How do they manage it all and then relay it to their readers with such wit and wisdom?

Oh, and if you want the short version of all that you just read... wah wah wah whine whine whine. The end.

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