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brigid“Some things you do for money, and some you do for love, love, love.”
(If we’re gonna be friends, you really have to listen to John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. You don’t have to OMG LOVE THEM TRU LUV 4EVA!!!! but seriously, listen. Tallahassee and The Sunset Tree are my two favorite albums.)
About two years ago– maybe sliiiiiiiightly longer? maybe not?– an e-Friend of mine said “hey, this smart, funny friend of mine has a smart, funny blog about how she’s having a baby. You like smart, funny people and things, check it out.” And that smart, funny friend was Suzanne of Bebehblog. Two babies later (on her end, not mine), I’m glad I started reading her. She’s fun, funny, insightful, creative, and often thought provoking. And she has cute kids. And an awesome house. And the best dog ever. Thanks, MKP. ONE MILLION HEARTS FOR YOU.
Some of the things I like about Suzanne are her clear, humorous writing style; her photos; her regular schedule (seriously, she’s one of the blogs I check regularly. Got a full google reader feed? Skip to bebehblog); and her honesty. Life with kids is hard. It’s frustrating. It’s really rewarding sometimes, but other times? How many goldfish crackers can one kid grind into the carpet? Suzanne doesn’t paint an overly rosy view of being a stay at home parent, but she also doesn’t veer into LOL WORST PARENT EVER LOL WHERES MAH BOOZE GOSH KIDS ARE AWFUL kind of tacky blogging. It’s very human, it’s very relate-able, and it’s really helpful to see another stay at home parent struggle with the same boring crap and not letting it ultimately get her down. Suzanne feels like she could live down the street from me, and she wouldn’t be totally judge-y that I answer the door for our playdate wearing yoga pants with playdough in my hair and a cubic foot of megablocks scattered over the bathroom floor. Just a little judge-y. And then we’d eat some pie together while our kids threw cars at the wall and it’d be ok and we’d have some laughs. And then she’d bust out the perfect hair accessory that made my life perfect and everything would be ok.
Is that last bit a little weird? Sorry.
Anyway, Suzanne totally rocks, and if you aren’t already you should read her blog. She inspired me to start a cooking blog (something I’ve been talking about doing for literally years now), and to take parenting blogging a little more seriously. And to give headbands another chance. Is there nothing she can’t do? Open your heart to her and have her heal your life, too. Ok. That’s really weird. Sorry. I probably shouldn’t have eaten quite as many snickers peanut butter fun bars as I did. But for reals, check her out.
Suzanne left a brief comment on twitter the other day about how the parenting blogosphere isn’t always as supportive as the crafting internetazone is, which I could totally see, for a number of reasons. In the interest of Being The Change I Want To See, I thought I’d dedicate this week to pointing people toward other parenting blogs and resources, and encouraging people to comment and form a greater sense of community. Consider this week a chance to recommend parenting bloggers and sites you find helpful, and an excuse to come out of lurkdom and leave comments (which are like the life blood of bloggers) at sites you don’t normally comment on, or don’t comment OFTEN on. If you do write up a recommendation of another blog or site, hop on over here and leave a link to your blog’s entry down below.
Let’s spread the LOVE people! We’re all in this TOGETHER.
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