I am a woman who makes good on her commitments to others. I keep my appointments. I am timely. I reliably write a weekly blog post for www.happyhourmom.com. However, when it comes to keeping commitments to myself, I cannot be counted on. That is why my eating habits are poor, my exercise regime is non-existent, and my blog – which has been “active” for almost two years – has had sporadic entries. (Of course, if you view my blog now, you will find the slate blog is wiped clean, along with all my previous vows to write regularly.)
Today, I am once, again, promising to post. I am abandoning my fear of punctuation errors and grammatical mistakes. I am facing the fact that I use dashes incorrectly, and overdo parentheses (I excuse it as stylistic). I know I sometimes end my sentences in prepositions. Reading Eats Shoots and Leaves has not corrected the problem. I surrender. I will no longer be afraid.
Interestingly enough, I do not fear your criticism or challenge of my opinions. I will muse about kids, and families, and schools and discipline. Sometimes you will think I am wrong. I welcome your debate. I encourage your questions. I think healthy (and sometimes, heated) exchange makes for thoughtful parenting, and I believe that thoughtful parenting is (usually) better parenting. Sometimes you will change my mind. I hope I will also change yours. At least, let’s add to each others thinking.
So please, log-on, consider, participate and engage. I am eager to meet you.
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