The Good the Bad the Ugly?

I recently read a friend post about her wish that more people would, “admit to having normal lives where you're not always pretty and things go wrong and who appreciate and write about all of it, good, bad, beautiful, ugly, hilarious, simple, heartwrenching, giddy…”

What your views on this? I really like this subject, especially as a church going person in a religion where our worship includes classroom settings and people often get to share their life experiences this is a topic I have thought about before. What do you share in public? Where are the boundaries set?

Here are my views:

1.   I have gone through spurts in life where I have stopped reading blogs because I get sick of reading about how wonderful everyone else lives are when I feel mine isn't quite going the way I expect. For instance when we moved out here, I was living with my in-laws, my husband hadn’t found a decent job yet and we were quite unsure of where our life was going. Blogs made me sick and I got angry and started to feel that people were always boasting about their lives, however, I have changed my mind and don’t think this is the case. I now feel that most people probably have similar views to me. I actually stopped writing for a short season because I thought, “I would never want a friend of mine to read my blog and be upset or feel let down that perhaps I was leading a more interesting life than they are or that my family life was more put together than theirs.” Haha that was probably never the case but I would never want anyone to read my blog and feel I am boasting.

2.       My blog isn't always rainbows and butterflies but it does portray a more positive aspect of my life. I try to never write anything that would hurt those I love or make them feel that I am upset with them or disappointed in their actions. So sometimes the hard things that make me angry or upset are skipped over; especially when it comes to my spouse and children.

3.       I have read some blogs of people who are a little "too real" for me, I think you need to be respectful of those in your life and when you write about everything you tend to alienate those in your life.

4.       In conclusion I also often remember a quote from President Gordon B. Hinckley, former Prophet of the LDS church, where he spoke about the fact that we have enough women who are harsh, sarcastic, hard and pessimistic and we need more women who are kind and loving. I don't try to make a fairytale of my life but I do try to take an optimistic view to life.

My blog may be boring to read sometimes but I do try to post things about our life that help others stay involved with what we are up to. I guess I just don’t find all of the boring day to day stuff to be super interesting, so I don’t always post about those things, and I do tend to just put up pictures of the fun things we do. I think that a lot of personal bloggers feel the same, but don’t let me speak for you add a comment if you have one.

-Heather