A little help from my friends?

I have a favor to ask of you.

I’ve been doing some thinking about this little corner of the blogosphere – why I started it, what I get out of it, where it’s going – and the more I thought about myself, the more it led me to think about you.

I realized that I don’t know enough about you. I don’t know why you are here, what you get out of it, where you would like it to go.

The blogosphere, especially the “mommyblogging world” (ugh, two words I dislike put together in one!), feels like a country unto itself, with wildernesses where few people go and virtual cities where moms all share space and talk together. In spending time in each, I have discovered something a little unsettling.

Team Rasler starts to feel very small and very ordinary.

Here we have no story of major struggle we’ve overcome. No children with special needs. No impressively large family. No children we’ve adopted.

I am useless at cooking, so there are never recipes. My photography skills are limited to what I can snap on my phone, so there are rarely lovely photos. I am not particularly funny.

Yet here you are. (Thank you!)

So I’ll make my questions brief. Pick any to answer; there are few rules and no grades here at Team Rasler. (And the rules consist mainly of things like No Trolls Allowed)

  • What do you like about Team Rasler?
  • Do you have any favorite posts?
  • Is there anything you’d like to see more of here (photos, funny posts, book posts, more posts like your favorites, etc.)?

I know most of you come and read without comment, but perhaps you’d do me this favor of commenting here, on Facebook, on twitter, on email…?

Maybe you’ll do it out of pity because today is the third day of spring and I woke up to (*sob*) SNOW?

Many thanks,

Jessica

P.S. Happy birthday, Grandma!

5 Responses to A little help from my friends?
  1. NJ @ A Pocketfull Of Dinosuars
    March 22, 2012 | 6:08 am

    I come to read because we’re similar blogs and you’re kind of like me to me. I’m a full time working mama who wants it all. I don’t have any great skills, I cook but don’t really blog about it and my child isn’t adopted nor does he have special needs.

    There has to be space and friendship for us regular Joes too right?

  2. Life As Wife
    March 22, 2012 | 9:47 am

    I read and visit because you’re real. No gimmicks, nothing fancy just stories of you as a mom. I relate to that.

  3. Christine
    March 24, 2012 | 3:11 pm

    I read your blog because it’s well-written and insightful. I’m a new mom (baby girl is 6 weeks old today!) so I like to read about what life is like with older children. I find your writing endearing; you share stories and thoughts that I think would ring true to almost any mother.

    If I wanted recipes, I’d go to a food blog – no need to add them here! I think these things work best when one sticks to a theme.

    I think it’s great that you don’t hold back from talking about the times when parenting can be difficult. I’d also like to read more about some of the good times, too!

  4. Missy @ Wonder, Friend
    March 26, 2012 | 7:54 pm

    I know this probably won’t help you much, but I read because I like your voice, your stories, and the general vibe here. I can’t think of anything you need to change!

    That said, I know that we need to regroup and refresh our blogs sometimes, so I recommend thinking about what YOU like to write about most and going from there.

  5. US
    March 27, 2012 | 1:59 pm

    I come here because I DO think you’re funny and witty. You ARE part of an impressively large family. One that cares for each another enough that we’d feel lost without your blogging efforts. Call me old fashioned (no…don’t call me old fashioned), but personally, I don’t put ‘myspace’ out there, or spend quality ‘face’-time, and I refuse to be a twit. The blogging you do extends a lifeline to those of us who would prefer to remain, to the smallest of degrees, digitally anonymous. If I dared to speak for other like-minded people who love and orbit you and yours from afar, we appreciate the occasional peek to see that things are going as well as life will allow.