Happy July 1st, bloggies! The first always means one thing - Blog Exchange time!! This month, I'm doing the ol' switcheroo with Jerri Ann from A Crack In Life. That means she's posting here (below!) and I'm waaaaaay over there. This month's theme was "Freedom". Keep reading to see what Jerri has to say...and stop by and see what I'm saying at her blog.
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I've axed several attempts at Freedom…I've tried a few fruity waters to get the creative juices flowing, I've banged my head on the keyboard, I fell asleep proofing 2 attempts and figured they were no- go's…now what? I am being held captive by freedom. No, really I am. Freedom is driving me to drink….somehow the thought of some Bacardi Breezers makes me think I'll be more free! Let's give it a whirl.
Once when I was in high school and we had to do journals, I was given the topic "Swan Song". I was clueless what that meant and I wrote something terribly foolish. I know what "freedom" means and I'm still writing something foolish. That in itself should be enough to send you running!
So, what better way to jumpstart my brain…other than Bacardi? Google. I came to wikipedia and got this definition.
Freedom is the absence of restraints upon our ability to think and act (except those restraints that are of natural cause).
Now, that is something I can work with. It took me back to the reason I started a blog. I like to talk, I like to give my opinion, and I like to talk. Restraints are few and far between. I talk about everything, even my family…and it gets me in trouble sometimes. For some reason, the older I get, the thinner my filter on my mouth (or fingers) gets. I just take stuff in through my eyes and ears and words start coming out of my mouth (or fingers). That's freedom people, the freedom to write what I want, when I want and enjoy it. No one telling me that I have to be politically correct or that I have to be nice to people, heck I'm sure part of the time I'm just a glorified mommy-blogger. But that is ok, I like it that way.
My life is fairly restrained in most ways. I have lots of rules to follow in the world, in my home, in my marriage, in my quest to be the great mom of all time, but on my blog, I have no rules. Freedom! I might be wrong but I believe that a majority of all bloggers feel the same way…..I blog so I can be free. Freedom of speech, that was a big one wasn't it!
P.S. I took an odd route on this one regarding my own bouts of freedom, lest we forget the Freedom of our nation to be celebrated on July 4th, Independence Day. That and the freedom of speech, which brought about all these great blogs we are allowed to read daily to the credit of our forefathers. I hope you have a wonderful 4th, filled with lots of food, family and fun…fireworks and grilled burgers to boot! Enjoy!
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The other amazing blog exchangers this month are : Cape Buffalo, Chelle, Soul Gardening, Another Mommy Moment, Mommy's Dirty Secret, Chicken n Cheese, A Mommy Story, Divine Calm, Knitting Spells, Binkytown, Motherhood Uncensored, Zach's Day, Her Bad Mother, Chaos Theory, Clueless In Carolina, Izzy Mom, Mother Goose Mouse, and Bethiclaus. Go check out all the talent we have participating this month!
If you'd like to participate next month, please drop Kristen an email at kmei26 (at) yahoo.com!
