I have a blog, and the only person in my real life who knows about it is my husband. I started my blog after my second daughter was born. She was colic and I had a 2 year old. I did not adjust very well. I felt isolated even though I have many good friends with children the same ages as mine. However, no one had a colic baby. I started looking on line and found blogs, and I thought"Hey, maybe I can vent about my days here and not give hubby such an awful earful." So it began.
I was hooked right away. I never used my real name, or my families real name names. Most importantly I never EVER told anyone I knew in real life that I had a blog. Almost 2 years later and I still blog, and I still have not told any of my friends or family.
I have found an amazing community, as well as I true passion for writing. Yet I can not share it with anyone close to me. Why you ask ? Because I do not want to feel at all censored. Not that I even write many posts about family and friends. If I do they are probably more on the glowing side. I blog about myself and my feelings and my daily diatribes about motherhood.
However, now that I am blogging I am realizing that I truly enjoy writing. I have been approached by others to write for them. I use a pen name. I love my blog. I am stuck in this predicament because of fear of censorship and judgement. I am in the closet and I plan on staying there.
I applaud all the bloggers out there who put it all out there, real names, and photos. I consider you brave. For now I will stay here where I am comfortable. If things change I hope it changes because I decided to, not because someone outs me.
Even though most of my close family knows I have a blog or 12, my extended family does not. Although not for lack of being open about it. I have my sites and blogs listed in my email signatures. However, most of my friends and family don't go on my blogs. I do understand your feelings of censorship though. Worrying about someone you know judging you and maybe disapproving of something can be stifling. Which is not what you want to taint your writing with.
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