My friend Kate from The Big Piece of Cake called me today to tell me how funny she thought my No Armpits Please post was, and then we then spent the next 20 minutes just laughing about armpits and armpit stories.
After we got off the phone, I thought about how fun this blog has been. Even though only a handful of lovely ladies read my blog (BTW, did I tell you how much I love you for reading my blog handful-of-lovely ladies?!!), sharing my stories with them has been incredibly rewarding.
Someone asked me several months ago when I started the blog why I felt the need to put my thoughts on the Internet and why I didn't just write in a journal. Well, I told them, when you're sharing your thoughts with someone outside of yourself, it forces you to articulate your thoughts more thoroughly than if you were just going to write for yourself.
Now I realize it does SO much more than that. It not only helps makes you strive to be more thoughtful and funny about what you write, it also creates an opportunity for you to connect with amazing women that you would never have had the chance to meet or get to know otherwise.
So to all of you who have ever commented on this blog and who have not gotten a response or an e-mail from me, please know that your comment absolutely meant something to me. Sometimes I just don't know what to say and err on the side of saying nothing because I'm afraid to say something silly or worse, meaningless.
I want to say a big thank you to you all!
Secretary
3 hours ago
4 comments:
It's great for me to read you everyday and exactly what you said... getting to know you better!
Good night!
Rm
I completely agree - knowing that someone else is going to read what you say makes you really think about HOW you want to say it. It makes you actively work to be a better writer and consider what would make you be a better person (or what would make you sound like a better person - but whatever..SEMANTICS).
Call me tomorrow so we can talk more about armpits.
Thank you for the insights and laughs! When I'm home with the children, reading blogs helps me feel a wee bit more connected with the adult world. Hooray!
Love the post, well both actually, about armpits. And I completely agree with you about showing those babies off. Yikes. I hate it, especially in a restaurant. OMG...gag! I work with a lady who neither maintains her underarms nor her legs. I stare sometimes because it's like a freaking train wreck. I just can't believe anyone (say, her husband) finds that sexy. I'm not denying that sometimes I go a day or two too long between shaves, but when your hair, in either location, is swaying as you walk (as I imagine this lady's does) that's a serious problem.
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