what your children will think of your blog
Frequently I wonder what my children in the future will think of my internet presence now. If my mom had a blog, I wonder, would I find it and go back through the archives, reading all of it? Would I ignore it? Would I be embarrassed by what she shared there?
So I was delighted to read this bit from Sam Lamott, whose mom Anne Lamott famously wrote an entire book about Sam’s first year of life. In the preface to their new book (about his son, Anne’s grandson), he writes how he feels when reading the last book:
To this day, that book is the greatest gift anyone has given me; I have a very special relationship with it. When I read any of my mom’s books, I hear her voice talking as if she were in the room right next to me. But when I read Operating Instructions, I hear and feel my mother’s love for me, her frustration and dedication, her innermost feelings and favorite moments of my first year with her. I will always cherish these memories of our funny family and our friends, and I will always be able to come back to them even when my mom is too old to remember them herself.
a great tribute to the possibility of blogs, right?
4 Comments
alundeberg
That is great! Every child should be so lucky to have something like that. I think this helps put blogging in a better perspective, whether or not one has kids. Thanks for sharing!
Elizabeth
I love this.
I hope Everett doesn’t kill me for that one poop picture I posted.
Rachael
Elizabeth you are a perfect example. Everett is going to love the archives. Maybe not in his teens, but just before them and definitely all the way afterwards, he’ll love it.
Anna {dear friend}
Definitely. I also think, for me, it will be fun for my kids to read about what my life was like before I had kids. Before I was even married, too. I think blogging is an incredible way to document a life. I hope to keep mine for a long while.