I've resisted blogging...why start now?

I'm sure anyone who happens upon this blog will be surprised that I have FINALLY joined the craze that is blogging. I have been thinking about this for a long time. Can I do this? Will it feel like yet another thing in my life that is waiting to get done, like the laundry sitting in my laundry room upstairs? Do I have anything interesting to say? These questions remain to be answered. But outweighing all of my exuses and concerns is the real pull of a blog, to keep in touch with all of my people. The title of my blog is the reason behind it..."This is for my mamas."

For a couple of years now, I have been reading your blogs...cousins, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, friends old and new....and have loved every moment of it. I love to look at your children, hear your funny stories, see what you are up to. I feel like I am in touch with you...involved in your lives. Like today for example, I read that someone told my sister-in-law, Emily that her daughter looks like Alicia Silverstone (which by the way, she really does Em). I love that story, and it makes me feel like Emily is right here telling it to me even though she lives all the way in Alaska. I guess I have finally accepted the fact that just because I know all about you, doesn't mean that you know about me. It's my responsability to keep in touch back. I have two moms that want to see their grandkids, they are far away. My sisters and friends want to know us. So I am going to try.