Day 185 or I Comment Therefore I Am

My dear friend Unknown Mami hosts a Monday event called "I Comment Therefore I Am". It's a fun opportunity to share your comments on other blogs. In case you don't know, Miss UM is a fantabulous commenter! Usually I don't find my comments blog worthy but this week I thought that I would play along. (If you would like to see how this really should be done, check out the lady herself.)

On Unknown's site, she shared a story of overhearing a young woman who had a close-minded view of love across racial lines. As a beautiful Latina woman married to a HUNKY African-American (I can attest to this -- I've met him!), she was hurt and bewildered by her comment. This led to further discussion including the obnoxiously loose-lipped John Mayer. Here was my reaction to that...

I'm sorry for that young girl -- I will hope that time will open her eyes to the beauty of all but in the mean could someone please shut John Mayer up!!! Seriously. I am ashamed that I ever thought my body was a wonderland!

On Blog-Ignoramus (http://blogignoramus.blogspot.com/), lovely Mama-Face posted a beautiful piece about looking at her parents' relationship and her own through new eyes. She looked at how her father saw her mother over the years as opposed to his blushing bride and wondered how her husband saw her today. This is what I had to say...

What a beautiful post. The subtleties of tone and subtext in language perceived through the view of time. It is true how we hear and see our parents through different lenses as we grow.

I think that your husband truly sees you as more beautiful than in your "skinny" wedding dress. Why? Because true love sees beauty in its truth. It is not the blush of a new bride or a size of a dress, it is the person that life and time has molded into a partner, a parent, a lifetime friend and lover. That's what he sees and you know the beauty in that? That never ages and never changes size. It can't be captured in a photo so it can't fade.

Finally, the fabulous Menopausal New Mom (http://menonewmom.blogspot.com) tackled the big issue of following. I am always struggling to keep up with all the terrific blogs I enjoy and I often stress when I don't visit any particular blog as often I would like. Here's my reflection on this dilemma...

I have never officially unfollowed but I have so many blogs in my reader that if I don't want a divorce and a home visit from CPS for neglect (we won't mention the wiggly insomniac three year old in my arms as we speak). I can't visit everyone every day like I used too.

So that's a little of what I had to say this week. If you want to join in and turn your comments into a blog post, check out Unknown Mami (http://www.unknownmami.com) and play along with "I Comment Therefore I Am".