Mom’s Watching
My mom called earlier. Apparently she found my blog. It was a secret for almost an entire year, but now the cat’s out of the bag. I guess my brother and sister (who also just found it recently) clued her in. Mom said she’s spreading the word to all her friends back home in Piqua. Of course, we have to remember that it doesn’t take a whole lot to stir conversation in Piqua, Ohio.
I’m not sure what Mom has read at this point. Little does she know that she’s been mentioned several times in the last 12 months on this site. In fact, I thought it would be helpful to provide links to all the posts where Mom was part of my simply strategic insights:
- Mom was "my producer."
- Mom may smell like me.
- I’m part of the group of bloggers that has a mom.
- I have an aversion to Mother’s Day.
It was one thing when I found out "my pastor" was reading my blog. Now that I found out my mom is reading my blog, I have an entirely new filter to consider. Hope she doesn’t read my Leviticus notes.
I love you Momma-Jo! Thanks for encouraging me to lead and create and embrace life passionately. Oh, and thanks for feeding me lasagna.
In all honesty, does it make you think any differently when you’re posting knowing your mom will most likely be reading?
I had a blog that my wife, against my advice, told my mom about because it had a pic of our daughter on it. Then my mom started sending me grammar corrections in the email and all and asking me Q’s about things I’d posted.
How has (if at all) it affected your writing?
Blake, I don’t know if this is good or bad thinking, but here’s how I view life. I assume that everything I write or say or do whether I’m in the presence of many or just in the presence of God alone could potentially end up on the front page of the Sunday newspaper for everyone and his mother to read. So, no, nothing I’ve written on this blog is embarrassing to me. You (and my mom) get to see the real me…with all my strengths…and all my imperfections.
OK, maybe there’s one exception–I’m a bit embarrassed that my mom now knows that I own a pink shirt.
tony