Editor's Note
Happy Mother’s Day to all our Pen Pal readers! Whether you are a mom, have a mom, or will soon be a mom, the 10th of May is your day.
In the spirit of Mother’s Day, I’d like to take this opportunity to discuss a new trend in the virtual world…mommy blogs. Are any of you also hooked on reading a mommy blog? I love these things! What once may have been just a mother writing in her private diary about her experiences is now broadcast across the Net. It gives us all a peek inside someone else’s life. It’s essentially reality TV for the Internet age—Mom style!
However, these mommy blogs are raising some red flags among the masses. People are calling these bloggers out for exploiting their children. Most of the bloggers see blogging about their lives, their children, and their marriages as a tribute to those they love, not exploitation. What do you think?
While I was pregnant, I kept a private blog. Like so many moms my age, I thought documenting my pregnancy was a great idea. Years from now my daughter can look over my writings and read exactly what I was going through…morning sickness and all. My mother doesn’t remember many details of her pregnancy with me. I love that I will be able to recall the excitement I felt over the first time I heard my daughter’s heartbeat or the first time I saw her up on the ultrasound screen, even if she did only look like a peanut!
This is my first Mother’s Day as a mother and I’m very excited to celebrate it. I’ll be sure to write all about it on my blog!
All of us here at the Pen Pal wish all the mothers out there a very happy Mother’s Day!
Christy Wolf, Editor