On Mommy Blogs

My first blog goes back to the late '90s early '00s for my now defunct but still online site: coloredgirls.com I keep paying Pair Networks because I can't bring myself to take it down. I also don't know how to archive it. And sometime I think, maybe one day I'll resurrect it. It's been years since I maintained it or any other blog.

I find myself blogging again for two reasons. The first being my desire to become a disciplined writer - disciplined as in the habit of writing on a regular basis. The second, because motherhood has gifted me with tons to write about. In fact, the first article that I published following the birth of my first child was about my husband's and my decision to co-sleep and then our decision to stop co-sleeping (after getting hit in the face with one of my son's toy cars deep in the night).

Truth be told, I find myself fascinated and slightly overwhelmed by the sheer number of mommy bloggers: Christian moms; crunchy moms; design lovin' moms; breastfeeding, babywearing, cloth diapering moms; moms of color; queer moms, adoptive moms, moms of Multiples, homebirthing moms, fashionista moms, hell Brooklyn moms are their own category, etc. etc. The point is, even though I just put all these mothers into little boxes, each woman, each writer falls into more than one category. She is the sum of many parts. And that's inspiring.