Mommy bloggers

While doing research for my other blog (which, because I helped create it just before Avery was born, I consider my “work baby”), I often come across tidbits that have more relevance to my personal life. A study I read about this week, for example, was about new moms who blog – and it found that blogging was linked to improved well-being and health among the women. Eighty-six percent of those in the study said they blog in order to “stay in touch with friends and family” (that sounds familiar!) and the study author suspects doing so helps the women feel connected and supported during what can be an isolating and tough time.

For me, five-plus years after starting this thing, I can’t really imagine life without it. Posting quickly became part of my daily routine, and the blog, in turn, wound up serving not only as a  bridge to loved ones far away, but also as a journal, a confidante, and (perhaps most significant to my kids someday) a rich family archive. Writing in it has saved my sanity countless times, and reading old entries has brought me out of a dark mood more than once; though I probably can’t be called a new mom anymore (something that is simultaneously a badge of honor and a little sad), blogging still helps my well-being!

-M

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