Just Jumping In

My brother, Ray, encouraged me to start a blog after I spent several days fighting the school district in order to get my son a seat on the school bus. It was the most absurd situation. Why wouldn't a child have a seat on a school bus and why didn't anyone care that he didn't? Hence the name, The Mama Bear. I have the tenacity of a mother bear when I am standing up for my kids. I joked about publishing my story and he suggested blogging. I hesitated to start a blog. I am not worthy, I thought.

My friend, Kari, has the gift of journalism and has a great blog full of interesting and funny family stories. She had an amazing childhood and has six kids. Who wouldn't have interesting and funny stories with six kids? http://spencerfamilystuff.blogspot.com/

My friend, Kimberly, also has a blog. She is an artist and a photographer. She lives in rural Montana and designs scrapbook kits. She takes the most amazing photographs.
http://kimberlygarofolo.typepad.com/capturing_the_moments/

I, on the other hand, have only two kids and no obvious talent. What would I write about? In came to me in a meeting at one of my jobs. The speaker was talking about the value of blogging from a purely business prospective. He talked about how his early posting were pretty pathetic but over the years he developed his voice. I thought - I could do that. I could be pathetic at first then develop my voice. So I decided to just jump in!