Back in the days when I had time I used to blog almost every day. I never had to think too hard about topics to blog on and I loved the therapy that writing brings. I had about 500 regular readers every day that felt like friends. Well most did, the trolls only hung around a while to spew their nastiness and then left.
Once I started studying I no longer had the time to blog. I hardly read anymore and seldom journal. FB has become the 5km run alternative of an ultra-marathon. The quick bits of shared info, opinions, questions that I no longer have time to share about or ask on my blog. I was always aware that certain posts will annoy certain people. I am an odd mix of all my unique experiences and ideas so I am bound to hack someone off. What I don't get is pretending you are someone else on FB. Becoming all beige and vanilla and posting pics about your lunch. (Yeah yeah I know I got a bit smoothie obsessed.) I have never been afraid to be exactly who I am. Many will think I overshare and I get that other people are more private and accept that. For my sister and I, we are unafraid to make ourselves 100% vulnerable and wear our hearts on our sleeve.
I am not ashamed of the fact that I am a follower of Christ, that I am passionate supporter of gay rights and any marginalized or oppressed group of people actually. I battle with anxiety and sometimes depression. I vaccinate my kids. I have an ADHD kid and an ADD kid and have carefully and deliberately chosen to medicate with great success. Just last night I was telling Sofie how proud I am of her and we compared last year this time to now when she had constant tunmy aches and stayed in at break to catch up. That was pre Ritalin which has changed her life and mine. I am not ashamed that I was a single parent for 6 years before I married Gary. I am not ashamed of my battle with Dystonia and how hopeless it makes me feel sometimes. I will write about my training and my triathlon as it is a big part of my life. I will say when I am happy or when I am sad or when I am cross. I should be beyond caring about shit but I do. I get hurt. I am lots of OK and lots of fucked-up too. We ALL are! So if you think I am boring, too much, act like a victim when I ask questions on certain pages, too sensitive, too anything then hide me, unfriend me or just ignore the boring bits like I do when I read your pages. I love connecting with my friends on FB as modern day life means we are all too busy.
PS...the 2 people that unfriended me lately did so for other girl political BS reasons. Promise it wasn't my boring smoothies, training updates or odd theology!
You GO girl! I don't know you from a bar of soap and don't know how I found your blog, but I love your honesty, thought-provoking, "alternativity", gut wrenching, humorous way of writing and I look forward to seeing a new post from you! It has been way too long since an update and now I get why ... what is it with us humans that we have such a sense of entitlement when it comes to how we perceive others should behave, say, do, be?? Cant we just live and let live? My dear Grandpa used to say "If you have nothing nice to say, then whistle"!! Whistling should be a subject taught at all levels in schools, from pre-school days! Mel, I would love to have a real-life "maaitjie" like you - don't let anyone rain on your parade and you just carry on being the awesome human that you are! How is your Dystonia?? Gosh, I wish, wish, wish there was a solution to your horrid condition - I cannot imagine the life you lead. Vasbyt, hang on to your faith and never stop believing! Tons of love Glynis xx xx
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