I guess the best way to begin would be to describe myself, my hopes for this blog and my writing style. Most of the pertinent details about myself are addressed in the About Me section on the homepage so I will not bore you overmuch with my life story. It will likely come out organically over time anyway, as my intention here is to share my insights, experiences and opinions when they pop into my head as I go through my day to day life.
In short I am an average 31 year old mom in that I take care of my children, watch cartoons, go to work everyday and clean my house constantly (but it never seems to actually get clean). I worry about all the normal "Mom" things and depend on my husband to remind me to loosen up. I am usually over scheduled, over budget and overwhelmed. I am also a graphic artist and a highly opinionated extravert. I love to debate any topic with anyone because it is almost always interesting.
I have Adult ADHD, two of my boys also have ADHD and my middle son is borderline autistic. This usually makes for an interesting and frequently chaotic home life. This is a constant struggle to deal with but at the same time its often barely noticeable to us until we compare ourselves to other people. I guess thats because when you are born with ADHD so you don't know any other way to be. At least thats the case with me, I am the way I am, my mind is always going a mile a minuet and I don't think I could focus on just one thing no matter how hard I tried. There are advantages and drawbacks to this but I will get into that more when I do a post about living with ADHD.
I hope to create an interesting and intelligent forum where thoughts and ideas can be shared by anyone and everyone who is moved to participate. I believe open communication between widely differing individuals is a great way to grow as a person, so I am hoping for many lively discussions. Topics will probably range from religion and global politics to parenting a teenager to what the best new television show is and why. Another topic that will be prevalent in my posts is living with ADHD and raising a child who is borderline autistic. As of right now I do not have any predetermined format for my posts. They will probably vary day to day based on my mood or whatever flight of fancy has struck me when I sit down to write. I may simply recount some interesting experience in a diary style or I might write a well researched article about some subject of interest to me complete with footnotes, bibliography and links to relevant websites.
My writing style is pretty simple, I just put down whatever pops into my head as I go. This method has always worked for me in the past and I believe it creates a comfortable and conversational style that lets you imagine you are having a conversation instead of just reading droll text. Sometimes that can lead to disjointed thoughts, run on sentences and abrupt topic changes. I will try to monitor this with extensive proofreading and editing before I post anything but it's likely I won't catch everything so please let me know if I don't make sense. I will often say something ironic or sarcastic without communicating the appropriate inflection. I have not learned how to translate spoken sarcasm to written sarcasm yet, but I will try to find a way (maybe italics).
Thats all for today, I hope to post something at least once a week to start. Once I get the hang of things I will probably post every other day or so. I will try to respond to any comments or questions within a day.
Bye for now,
Megan
