It occurs to me that I have loads of blog fodder but I hold back on posting it for reasons known only to myself. What daunts me slightly is the aspect of permission – I have Bob’s permission to blog about him, I’m capable of making decisions for myself about what I’m comfortable blogging but a large proportion of my life revolves around the children who are not capable of providing informed consent. Part of me thinks that worrying about this is being hugely self-indulgent because nobody is going to remember what I’ve posted in five, ten or twenty years time. But. And it is a big but – is it fair to them that I make their moments so public? The kind of moments which are filed away by parents and brought out at 18th birthday parties or meeting-the-boy/girlfriend-for-the-first-time are the kind of moments that I could (and have) shared with the world without their permission.
So it’s something I’m working through because honestly they’ve provided me with some real fodder over the last few days. Plus I can’t blog about anything I’m crafting right now because it’s all for Christmas!
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This post was written by Vonnie on December 4, 2009
Personally, I’d love to look back and read posts about me and my family, with accompanying pictures, embarrassing or not!
Not so sure about the kids when they get a wee bit older though, their mates could dredge up old posts about them if they were smart enough?
Gah! That child of your is beautiful!!!
I think only you can judge that, you know your kids best! I don’t, but then my blog is just about my work really, its much smaller/narrower than yours, and probably worse for it! But – in a massive change of subject, i hadn’t forgotton about your 2010 challange – i want to sign up for it please!