Common Bonds

So I have been reading quite a few blogs lately...they can be pretty entertaining.  Some of my recent favorites are Yep, They're All Mine and The Blogess.  I have about a dozen that I check in with every few days or so.  Most of them are written by mothers and even though I have never met the women who write them, I feel some sort of comfort in knowing that we are part of the same struggles.  For whatever reason, hearing about another family's bedtime challenges or their 4 year old's temper tantrums make me feel like I am not screwing up my kids as much as I might have originally thought.  Who knows if this is actually true or not but it makes me feel less guilty about my shortcomings as a mom.  Then, after I have completed my reading, I remind myself that I also have a blog...which I add a yearly entry to and then forget about for another year.  I know, I know...I'm not going to say that I am going to be blogging on a regular basis because why would anyone believe me this time?  Heck, I don't know if I would even believe it myself.  But I know that I have something to say.  It's just up to me to say it.  I am not going to worry about making it the most entertaining piece of writing anyone has ever seen because, frankly, I know that is pretty unlikely.  But, if I can make someone feel like I do - that we are all a work in progress especially when it comes to raising our kids then it'w worth a shot, right?