tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post5788581341285203273..comments2023-09-25T04:23:23.964-04:00Comments on most days i win: Is it quiet in here, or it is just me?Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16432840953994166762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post-62225533841912254332011-08-17T20:26:26.846-04:002011-08-17T20:26:26.846-04:00Naomi, I get that. I know my mum reads my blog som...Naomi, I get that. I know my mum reads my blog sometimes, and I worry about what she might think. Of course there's my husband, and though he is very supportive, he's also a very private person, so figuring out how I want to write about things is sometimes a challenge.<br /><br />But yes, the more we write, we'll figure this all out!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432840953994166762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post-34541658488033655702011-08-17T18:34:54.334-04:002011-08-17T18:34:54.334-04:00Danielle, I enjoy whatever you have to say. I'...Danielle, I enjoy whatever you have to say. I've been reading your blog when I can, which means checking in every month or so and catching up on what I've missed. (I think maybe I started due to The Momoir Project, but it could have been a link from someone else's blog too. Yes, the internet is amazingly strange.)<br /><br />Anyway, the trouble I have when writing posts is that I know my family is reading my blog and so I have to censor what I say somewhat. I don't want to hear about it later, you know? But still it's my voice there, which is what I love about it.<br /><br /><br />The more I write, the stronger my voice becomes.Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341743874438717138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post-39430434160819213822011-08-11T15:33:45.426-04:002011-08-11T15:33:45.426-04:00Mammy P, you are very, very wise. I hadn't tho...Mammy P, you are very, very wise. I hadn't thought of it in that way, but you're right, it's all about that strange pull between two worlds. I guess that's why I show up here all the time, trying to figure out what direction I'm facing. <br /><br />And we want to hear as much as you'll share!<br />xxDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432840953994166762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998521225863214184.post-58145855316989616482011-08-11T04:05:32.446-04:002011-08-11T04:05:32.446-04:00I don't have any answers, darling girl. I do ...I don't have any answers, darling girl. I do face an element of the same dilemma; for me it's more trying to work out which bits of me are worth sharing online (ie; will anyone be interested in THAT?!) as measured against which bits of me I want to put out there for which I will (inevitably) be judged. And the two bits are not necessarily jointly exhaustive. Sometimes I have nothing to say; sometimes everything. <br /><br />It's confusing!<br /><br />Maybe your struggle is because of the lack of parallel between the paths of your two most familiar worlds; the once-was "DLL, PhD" with "D, Mrs L, Mama/Wife/Girl"? Your academic life was so focused, direct, determined, understood and the path was clear, the steps were obvious. You've still got all that focus and determination, but you're carving a new path, and maybe there is some residual energy there left unspent?<br /><br />Be all that as it may - don't stop talking! You've got a lot to say and it's all worth hearing, because you're LOVELY and CLEVER and WONDERFUL. <br />xMammy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07999420446242213319noreply@blogger.com