I started blogging about a year ago. Back then, my blogs consisted largely of me bitching about my husband or how stressful my life was with three little ones. After several months, I ended up deleting the entire blog (hindsight being 20/20, I wish I would have saved the posts first) because my husband and I went through a period of separation. I enjoy blogging, it is a good stress reliever and a way for me to put my sarcasm to good use. I have 3 young children, 4, 2 and 1. I have 5 cats, 2 dogs, an African Grey parrot and a goldfish. I am a nurse and went back to work, part time, in March. I am busy and my life is full of chaos. I don't have the time to blog daily, let alone several times a day.
I have been following a blog called MyCharmingKids for about a year now. I have been pretty sucked in as the blog is written by the mother of a little boy with a heart condition. He was supposed to die in utero, but was born "healthy." He has suffered with his heart condition on and off since he was four months old. When I first started reading this blog, I felt the writers intentions were good. I felt she enjoyed blogging and was using her blog as an outlet for support because of what was going on with her unborn child. But, the more readers she got, the more vain she seemed to become. She started advertising on her blog, which, okay...who doesn't want to make a little extra money?- I just think it's annoying. She started hinting around for things she wished she had when her little boy was in the hospital. Her readers apparently sent her gifts, money, put her up in hotel rooms, etc.
Then she started having "live chats." I think that is what really started to turn me off. What goes through a persons mind to make them feel important enough to do a live chat? I would be so embarrassed! "Hey guys, come talk to me live because I am special." Come the hell on. As if the live chats weren't enough, she also plans picnics for strangers to attend and meet her "famous family" as well as a cruise of some sort that her family will be going on with other strangers. Yes, what a brilliant idea- lets expose our entire family to the idiotic maniacs of the world. I don't get it, really.
And of course, she isn't religious...but knows Jesus. She isn't religious, but goes to church. She isn't religious, but trusts that God has a plan. She isn't religious, but asks her readers to pray. She isn't religious, but posted numerous posts about God, Jesus and quotes from the Bible. Sounds a tad religious to me?? Just sayin.
She claims she doesn't swear- come on! She makes her own hummus and some other kinds of nasty health foods that sound completely unappealing. She takes a million and a half pictures of her kids, many of them half dressed, covered in dirt or eating a filthy cracker with filthy hands. Hey, to each their own...but, um...ew.
While her son was hospitalized, she was on twitter about a bazillion times a day. She took pictures of her lunch, her feet, her baby getting injected with medication to stop his heart. She refers to her husband as "Prince Charming" but doesn't keep it real enough to admit that her hubby is so charming she had to call the police on him not only once, but twice. Yikes! If you don't want to air your dirty laundry, I completely understand, but let's not paint an unrealistic picture either. When the truth comes out, you sort of end up looking like a smacked ass to anyone with half a brain.
But what really sealed the deal for me with this MckDrama is her latest shenanigans with the "secret" trip they recently took. She is posting a series of pictures, trying to leave clues, asking her readers to guess where they went, stating that big changes are coming, yet she leaves everyone hanging in suspense for days and days. It dawned on me a couple days ago- who the fuck cares? Who the hell is this lady? Some wanna be looking for her 5 minutes of fame and subjecting her children to a bunch of lunatics in the meantime? Why did I bother following her blog for so long when she had made it about fame rather than her ill son? I have always, and will continue to pray for her little boy. I cannot imagine having a sick child and I thank God for my families health every single day. I also cannot imagine using my child's health condition as a way to make myself famous.
I started looking around the web and found there are hundreds of people who feel the same way I do about this woman. It made me feel much better to know that it wasn't all in my head- that this lady has some serious something going on! And what blows my mind even more is where she finds the time to write several blog posts a day. Christ, I am constantly pulling my hair out with my three little ones...I can't even take a dump by myself! She has four children, under the age of four, and manages to blog her heart out. Um, what are the kids doing? Just wonderin' ?
Anyway, I just wanted to vent about that for a sec. It has been on my mind lately, you know, between changing diapers, making my own, organic, baby food, milking the cows and cleaning up puppy poo. Just thought I would share my thoughts...not that anyone cares, but hey, it made me feel a little better.
I have had the exact same thoughts the last several days. Who takes long trips with a seriously ill child and thier home in foreclosure? I have a kid with serious heart issues and we even lost our home last year and I can honestly say that we definately have not been playing, "Planes, trains and automobiles". Then again I don't have "fans" to keep up with.
Signed,
A noncrunchy Mom with 6 Kids that aren't nicknamed after fast food
Posted by: Jennifer Graham | August 13, 2009 at 03:06 PM