First Blog Attempt: My Motivation

I am jumping on the bandwagon and starting a blog. I have lots of parent-friends who write blogs, even my husband recently started a blog about civic engagement. So, why am I doing this?

One motivation is that I am interested in becoming a writer for the Burlington VT Moms Blog, but since I have never blogged before I figured I better start practicing before the August 9th application deadline. I need to find out if I can come up with something that people want to read on a bimonthly basis.

A second motivation is that lots of my blogger friends have said that blogging is a way for them to document their lives during early parenthood so they could remember how they felt once the kids grew up. This seems like a good way to document this stage of life and the antics of my precious babes and myself as a stay at home mom.

A third motivation, and probably the most important, is that I am passionate about climate change and a blog just might be a good way to raise awareness about it through the lense of a parent. After the birth of each of my children, worries about climate change kept me up at night more than any parenting inadequacies I might have feared. What kind of world had I brought them into? What future would they have? Next week I am heading to Chicago for a Climate Leadership Training conference organized by Al Gore's The Climate Reality Project. Part of my task for completing the training is that I must do ten actions to spread the word on climate science and policy (or lack thereof). These actions can be presentations, op-ed pieces, or even blog posts.

So there you have it, dear readers. I hope you enjoy my posts.