Posts I want to write

[ailbhe]

I want to write about faith and god or God and religion and community and morals and things. Partially I want to write it so that I have articulated it and can therefore articulate it to my children. But for some reason it feels like it would be massively inappropriate to write it here. I wonder why?

I want to write developmental updates for all three children. I might need help or reminders to get that done but I really, really want to do it. They are all at wonderful stages right now this minute and I want to record it.

I want to write about art and where it comes from in me and where it's going, what it grows and how it reveals me to myself.

I want to write about parenting, about failing and succeeding with it, losing my temper in horrifying ways and having tolerance and understanding which baffles other people.

I'm not sure where to write these posts.

Comments

[aquaeri]

I find so much resonates between our two lives even though they are very different in other ways.

[sfred]

I'd like to read all those things.
Would it be easier to write about them here if you created subject-specific filters?

[gloriap.livejournal.com]

If you are not comfortable writing it here, use a word processing program and save it on your hard drive as "Private Journal." You might turn it into a book some day.

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

Or you could write them here, and mark them "private" (or maybe a *very* restricted filter, if the mood strikes you). That way they're tied chronologically into the rest of your jounal and you can read them in context later, but you don't have to share them with anyone if you don't feel inclined to.

[rosefox]

When I'm not sure whether people will want to read what I'm writing, I find lj-cut tags greatly reassuring.

And I should add that if you do want an audience for those posts, I would be greatly interested in reading any and all of them.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

What she said!

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

yep

[simplykimberly.livejournal.com]

thirded :)

Noone can try the patience like your own children. Mothers everywhere know this and sympathize!

[batswing.livejournal.com]

Hell yes!
http://www.salon.com/life/col/lamo/1998/10/29/29lamo/index.html

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

I hope I get the chance to read all of them.

If it's the potential responses that you find inhibiting, another option would be to make them visible to some people but turn off commenting.

[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with the others - I should like to read them, if you care to write them, but if you are uncomfortable sharing them, they can be marked private!

[gloriap.livejournal.com]

PS: One o the benefits of writing privately is that you don't have to worry about spelling. grammar, or even making sense. You can write your heart out and not worry about what anyone else is thinking. Stream of consciousness writing can be very cathartic.