M to the first power

Otherwise known as my .02 about how blogging empowers women. Those Thinky Canadians are at it again with their latest installment of How To Make My Brain Hurt. I think I am getting in just under the wire but seeing as I am already going to Blogher and have purchased a ticket and everything it's just me waxing about.

For me, it's simple. Blogging empowers me (feel free to substitute enthralls, captivates, buoys, or strengthens as an alternative to empower) because it frees me. To you I am not your boss, your solution, your mommy or your partner. I am not the one with the answers and I don't know where you left your car keys. I don't do your laundry or give you a raise. I am not on time or late or right around the corner. I don't care when you go to bed or if you ate some vegetables and I certainly won't ever fire you. I won't evict you or turn you away for shelter. And if you have morning breath or forget my birthday it's perfectly ok.

I am simply me and you are simply you. And I get to talk about things that matter to me that I never get a chance to say when I am busy being all of those other things. And you listen, and you respond, and you fill me up with your love, humor and support. I've said this before but if you all weren't here I am not sure if I'd remain.

So blogging empowers me, but mostly because you are listening. Call it needy, but I prefer to call it divine community.

oh, and hey, pick up your shoes. ha! kidding! see, i don't give two shits if your shoes sit in the middle of the hallway for three days! It's empowering! See! I love this place!