Mormon Mommy Blogs

I didn’t blog about this when it first hit, but thought it worth mentioning. There was a very interesting article on Salon.com about Mormon Mommy Blogs a few months ago. I think you should all read it.

No seriously. Go read it.

Without reading too much into things, I did like this article’s response, that perhaps this is one way that LDS women can “let their light so shine,” so to speak.

My sister-in-law Robin even posted a response to the salon article that really made me smile (and also made me want to have some of that special Wyoming honey).

To those of you on my blogstalk list who qualify, I think, as Mormon Mommy Bloggers, thanks. I very much enjoy reading your blogs, even if I don’t comment as much as I should.

But my blogstalk list isn’t just Mormon Mommy Blogs. I have a variety of blogs that I read, from Feminist Mormon Housewives to a friend that I’ve had since middle school, even if he doesn’t update his blog (we still play Dungeons and Dragons together, so it’s all good). And I enjoy them all. It’s true that Mormon Mommy Blogs do give a bit of insight of how life can be quite blissful even when things are as complicated as they can be as recently married families with young kids usually are. Nevertheless, I appreciate all of the blogs that I read, because they are a glimpse into many lives, all of which are complicated to one degree or another. Except TAMN's, of course. (Although, I think Seriously So Blessed has gone defunct, which makes me sad.)

So to all of you whose blogs I read, thanks! Today, however, a special shout out goes to those Mormon Mommy Blogs I read, namely to Rebecca (my sister), Rachel, Robin (sisters-in-law), Elizabeth (cousin), Beth (sister-in-law’s sister-in-law, how extended family is that?), and Haylee (my best friend’s wife).