Just a quickie to answer some good questions I have been asked via email.
1. Why do you write for another blog and do you get paid for it?
Firstly,
no I dont get paid for it and that is the beauty of Modern Molly
Mormon, it is a non profit making blog that is purely aimed to help,
support and strengthen other Lds/Christian women {though anyone is
welcome to read and comment there} in their everyday life.
I write
for MMM because I am a fellow Lds mum with regular struggles, my faith
fluctuates and I am not perfect, so in my writing and sharing
inspirational stuff and experiences I also gain a lot from the
wonderful articles I read. Knowing I am not the only one that has bad
days or certain experiences helps me to gain perspective, think outside
the box and feel part of something else that is worthwhile and 'of good
report'.
2. What's the point of a blog that you pay for when you seem to have fads on writing in it?
Well
thats the choice I make! I pay the fees and I decide what I write in it
and when I write it. It's all about free agency in my world. However, I
do not spend as much time online as I used to because I have a lot
going on with moving house and sorting all aspects of my life out to
ensure the move is as smooth as reasonably possible. I also dont see
the point in blogging if I dont feel inspired with anything worth
talking about. My blog is a record of a part of me that will go into
the boxes that I have been putting together for each of my kids, one
day they will get this blog (and others i've kept) in book form and
they can peruse it and hopefully understand a little more about their
mum and what was in her head, what touched her, what made her feel,
think etc. I chose typepad for a few reasons, the first reason was to
get away from a 'thorn' in my life but that turned out to be a blessing
for me because I can do so much more with this blog than I ever could
have with the former one. Now the thorn knows where I blog it's also a
blessing cos now he can read about his son!
3. You seem to be calm, rational and spiritual, are you like that for real?
Oh my gosh no! I am not always calm rational or spiritual at all, I am a work in progress for sure. Though I can say hand on my heart that 90% of the time I am all of the above, there are certain times that I do get stressed, lose my way a little and get on a not so good high horse. I'm not proud of that but I dont feel bad about it because if I was perfect I wouldn't be here! ;)
4. I remember you from our UKS days, do you still go there? Do you still do scrapbooking?
Wow,
that was almost another lifetime ago! I dont go on UKS anymore, though
very occasionally I will pop on but since there was a rather large
bitchfest going on there a couple of years ago I just totally lost
interest in the place. No I was not part of the bitchfest, I didn't
make any comments on or off the site either! I haven't done any
scrapbooking for a while now, purely because since I have gotten into
writing for a variety of blogs/sites and real life companies I dont
have time. I will be getting back into it though later this year. I
have had a phenominal invitation to work for two famous names over in
utah. Not directly with them but for them in a design trial and error
capacity.
5. I met you for about 10 minutes at Michelle's crop, I think you are more than you let yourself think you are. Do you have a confidence problem?
Lol Sorry but I did have to chuckle at this one. I'm trying to think who you are, did we speak? Were you in the class I teached? I'm sorry that I dont remember you, thats so rude of me I know! Thank you for your lovely words, its always nice when someone says something nice to/about you eh? I can't say I really have a confidence problem anymore, I think if anything I am just not the presumptious type and I also dont feel the need to be the leader in all things. However I do find that certain things increase my confidence such as when i'm teaching but I really dont think I lack it in any other capacity because I know who I am and I like everything I have become {even the imperfect bits!} I know that was misinterpreted by my former tutor till I spent 2 hours in a lecture with him and he realised that its not confidence that holds me back its my way to not push forward too fast. If that makes sense!
Ok that's all for now. I am now off to take the Jakeyroo for a good run over the fields!
~*~Debs~*~
