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.
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