I love to read different blogs. I read blogs of every type and size. I like crafty blogs, and blogs from large families and blogs from thrifty people, and blogs from other homeschoolers, funny blogs and many others. My feed reader is full of entertaining and informative people that I pop on to read in the mornings.
Sometimes when I'm reading, I start to wish. I wish for that person's decorating skills, or that person's cooking skills, or that person's house, or that person's super organized kitchen. Sometimes I compare myself or my kids to whatever their kids may be doing. I start to wonder if I should start waking up at 4 am so I can jog 10 miles and cook a homemade breakfast before I sew matching outfits for all of my kids while singing hymns in perfect harmony. I come up with grand plans to do schoolwork from the time we wake up, to the time we lay down, and chore systems.
There was a Mom blog I read for a long time. The Mom had a son who was sick, born with a heart condition. I prayed and wished I could do more. I used to wonder why I couldn't keep my house as pretty and clean as hers, that my food wasn't as healthy as hers, and I had 4 healthy children, not 4 healthy and a sick one like her. I even wondered how she could stay home with her kids and have tons of nice, beautiful stuff. Then I found out she was a complete and total scam. I was angry that I was made to feel inferior. And I also realized that it partially was me who was making myself feel that way.
So now when I read blogs, I remember to take everything with a grain of salt. Blogs are just a little window into a person's life. And when I look at that bloggers 700k worth of bankruptcy debt, I think at least I am not in her shoes. I may have a un-glamorous mommy-van, but at least I'm not owing 90k on a expedition. At least I'm not plastered all over the internet as an example of how not to do things.
And at least I'm not going to have to write a I'm-flawed-like-an-onion post about Jesus (like that blogger does every time she is trying to get in reader's good graces...when it's not their graces she should be worrying about). Ahem.
WOW! That was a shocking read. I so understand how you must feel. Follow someone and learn they are fake. Some things are not for blogging anyway. But if you are going to blog keep it real. Please be assured if you read my blog you, what you read is what you get! The good the bad the ugly. Just remember she and her family have to answer to God.
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