First Post!

On the other blog, BAHBrown.blogspost.com, I had some feedback that I probably let get to me too much. The blog started as a way to let people know what our family was up to. It was originally supposed to be on our own family website that Brad was designing but never finished. Then, when I started to stay home, I had the idea to use it to keep Brad informed on our day-to-day activities since he's missing out while he's at work. This evolved a little to where we put in some family email addresses so that they can get emails every time the blog is updated so they don't have to find the address each time. Well, back to the feedback. I was asked not to put in my "guilty things", whatever that means. Someone else commented that it was clear that I got frustrated but that was OK. In other words, and this is my opinion, "keep us up to date on the kid but keep your feelings out of it." Fine. I'll put my feelings here.

I don't feel like I'm allowed to express myself in any other forum, sometimes. Oh, sure, a private notebook that sits on my bedside table that goes woefully ignored. Because feelings are supposed to be private, right? Not right. Not OK. We all have feelings. Some of my favorite bloggers have shared theirs and it's helped me. Maybe I can help someone else. Or just help myself.

I get frustrated with parenting. I get frustrated being a parent. I get frustrated being a wife, daughter, sister. From what I can tell in conversations with other parents, I'm not alone. So let's talk about this. Let's help each other sort it out.

Well, here is my first post on my solo blog that isn't on MySpace or LiveJournal. Not that there is anything wrong with blogging there, but Blogger is sort of a one stop-shop for me.