Day: May 14, 2006

I am more blest than I deserve. Not only in parents, sibs, wife, children and offline friends, but online friends as well.

Especially with Blogmothers.

Did I say “Blogmothers” as in plural, more than one?

Yes.

Last year, when I initiated Blogmothers Day, I honored my “Unconscious Blogmother”—the person whose blog I haunted until I finally got up the nerve to post a comment. At that time, Blogger required—or maybe just my Blogmother’s settings for her blog, I don’t actually know—having a Blogger identity to post comments on her blog, so I signed up for a Blogger identity and… well, had a blog. Had no idea what to do with it, so I really just posted comments at her blog. Had a few of encouraging replies (like, “You ought to blog that” kind of comments) and I was “birthed” as a blogger.

Thanks Carol. I still visit your blog for sane, insightful commentary on the current scene. Your voice is always reasonable and passionate at the same time. While I rarely rise to the same level of reasonable passion you model (a characteristic you share with your “blogfather” :-)), I always end one of my rants thinking, “What would my blogmom think?” It doesn’t necessarily stop my ranting, but your “presence” does help moderate my tone a tad, at least.

And then there’s my second blogmother. Diane is… amazing. It is she who is responsible for moving me off of Blogger and into my own digs. In fact, the nice layout you see is her adaptation of the Journalized Sand theme to reflect some of my old Blogger blog’s characteristic styling. She set this whole thing up without asking me and sent me an email saying “Here are the keys to your new blog. Either use it or tell me to go to hell.”

As though I could do the latter.

Such generosity is characteristic of so many of my blogging aquaintances (The English Guy and Romeocat made the mistake of asking oif they could give me a new blogsite. Diane just did it. Presumptuous? Sure. Generous, gracious to a fault? Definitely!)

And, all through the process of learning how to use this new blogging platform, manage the hosting account, whatever—including a day just a couple of weeks in when I managed tio crash and burn the whole thing!—she’s been there making sure I “got” it.

Thanks, Diane. For all you’ve given here at third world county, and thanks for all you give day in and day out—humor, down home wisdom, music, fun—at Diane’s Stuff.

I am truly blessed. Two Blogmommies. Neat.

Carol, Diane: Happy Blogmothers Day!

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Note: If I mentioned all the bloggers who have been abundantly generous toward me, this post would never end… because nearly every day another blogger shows me a new boundary of generosity and graciousness. Most are such good folk that it’s been hard to hang on to my curmudgeonly ways. But I’m strong; I will endure. 🙂

UPDATE: Tomorrow Today is Blogmothers Day. What are YOU doing for your bogmom?

Last year, I encouraged my readers to add their “Blogmothers” to their Mothers Day celebration. The modest success of the first (as far as I know) Blogmothers Day was heartening. Playing off that, I also encouraged folks to honor their Blogfather on Fathers Day.

For those of y’all who may be wondering what the heck I’m talking about, here are a couple of links—one to the original Blogmothers Day post at my old Blogger address and another link to one of those old Blogger Blogmothers Day posts as imported to my new address here.

A “Blogmother,” for those of y’all who may be thinking I’ve slipped yet another cog, is the person (in this case, female person) who encouraged (or shanghaied) you to start blogging, helped, mentored you along the way, etc. Pretty much the same for a Blogfather. Last year I honored my Blogmother, even though she had no idea she was the proximal cause (hadda throw some lawyerese in, cos she’s a lawyer) of my blogging. This year, I’ll also honor my adoptive blogmommie (and IF I get a certain secret project finished before then, I’ll be sending her a lil surprise as well).

So, this will stay as a sticky post for a while. Please do honor your Blogmom, if you have one, on Mothers Day. Link back to this post when you do, please, so I can keep an “Honor Roll” of Blogmothers.

Blogmothers Day is May 14 this year.

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