My Community

So, last night, The Queen of Spain twitterized a video chat session. I went ahead and logged on. I just text chatted, while the other ladies (and there was a dude too, but I never caught who he was) were on video chats. That’ll happen soon – I have a camera on my new! computer! coming!

Along with QoS, was GeekMommy, Schmutzie (didn’t get to chat much with her), ToThink, Crunchy Carpets, and TheMacMommy.  These are all new to me bloggers, except Queen of Spain.  Actually, I’d heard of them, just never actually read them before.  My point is this – these were all new peeps for me.  I’m now twitting them, and I’ve bookmarked them for perusal.

First let me just say – it was fun.  Real time chatting, while seeing pretty faces, in an unplanned (I think?) “hey let’s talk” kind of way.

Unless I totally barged into a party that was thought out, in which case, mea culpa.

However, this isn’t the point – I’m just setting you up.

My point is this…  I’m a blogger for three reasons.

1. Journal my life/a marking of the passage of time for my family
2. Impart information/react to information
3. Community

For me personally, I don’t make friends easilly.  I’m busy, I’m distracted, and I’m stressed.  I don’t have a lot of time, and the time that I do have is often designated for survival activities – until about 8pm pacific (ie: kids’ bedtimes.)  I feel that this is the case for everyone, not just me.  I think it’s harder to make a buck, harder to keep kids out of trouble, and harder to keep the household in order.  As a result – it’s hard to maintain relationships and friendships.

We’re in an online world now.  I believe it is the natural evolution of things – I think we go the way technology guides us.  We’re a bit isolated.  We’re solitary.

While all this is true, and more – I’m sure writers more eloquent than I have succeeded – what I love about blogging is community.   A sappy word that I’m not sure truly identifies what I want to say here, but I cannot think of a synonym at the moment.   In those women (and unidentifiable male?  Help?) I saw different blogging styles, different lifestyles, different political and religious beliefs, different experience levels – both in life and in blogging – and yet.

And yet.

There we all were.  Talking about blogging – but as women are wont to do – it bounced.  Subject to subject, interest to interest.

A group of women.  Talking.  Together.  Ultimately, isn’t that the point?

I truly love it.

This is my community.