Retraction Action

It has recently come to my attention that my satire and attempted comedic outlook at newlywed life has been misunderstood and miscommunicated to some readers. Being my first ever blog retraction - I need to clarify that I am going to shift from comedic satire to sincerity for the following. Sorry. The next blog will be back to "normal" :)

I began my blog months ago as I started to realize that I'm not very good at talking on the phone and keeping in contact with people that always want to know 'how married life is.' Combined with a need to express my questions about bing a wife and the up's and down's in life through writing, a medium that has always worked for me when therapists and counting to 10 just weren't enough (ha ha), a blog just seemed to be the natural solution. The things I encounter I want to share with people that want to know. Writing is a therapy for me, and to do so on the world wide web is a fulfillment of a dream I've always had to have my sarcasm and somewhat talented writing read by the masses. Not to uncover or offend anyone.

In June I spoke of motherhood entering my home through newborn puppies and I documented my first culinary success through cupcake baking. Several people wanted to see pictures of our new litter and, well, any culinary success by me should be documented, ha ha, so it became public.

In July I announced a rather interesting change in our home by leaving our home and moving into an apartment, and encountering a month of no home while waiting on our apartment. This would undoubtedly become a topic of amusement to some, so I shared this common transition on my blog.

In August I journaled through our homelessness adventure week by week. Each week had different challenges and 'morals to the story' - but each week was equally cherished and respected. If that was not communicated well enough, I do sincerely apologize. Each family mentioned was gracious enough to welcome us into their home, and satire and entertainment-value aside, I thank each person involved and apologize if my gratefulness was not expressed.

In August we also embarked on a friend-cation that called for a poll of ideas on how to vacation with friends successfully. This entry was purely for response sake. After an interesting friend-cation, my curiosity about how other people vacation with friends inspired me to ask the world wide web. This was not to offend or uncover anyone, again, this was for research purposes for me and these friends. But again, I apologize if this offended or embarassed anyone involved.

In September I shared a rather deep and possibly controvertial thought about family, and the pain that sometimes comes with the family tree. Now, having 4 families of my own and now adding 4 more with my husband, that leaves 8 families reading this blog and wondering what they did to evoke such a blog - right? Well. Let me apologize for becoming the topic of confusing discussion, and worrying anyone about being publicized to the world for being a 'painful branch of the family tree.' The point of my blog, that I'm not sure was understood correctly, was the interesting fact that words from family seem to hurt more than words from a stranger or even a friend. I thought back to the things I had said in the past to family that I love, and wondered how much more it hurt them to hear it from me, rather than a friend or stranger. I thought back to things that family members had said to me, and thought it was interesting that if a friend of mine had said it, it wouldn't have hurt so bad. The blog was a bit on the serious side, and added with my sarcasm, may have come off abraisive and bitter, and I apologize for that. That was not my intent at all. It was simply to share a reality about family, that I know others would understand and agree with.

November's blogs have been sharing the worries of weight loss for a wedding, forbidden foods in my freezer, and woes of laundry duty in a fresh family. Which I hope has inspired fish-free freezers and low heat settings on dryers, things dear to my heart (ha ha).

In the future, I will stay clear of potentially offensive topics and clairfy my sarcasm when acual people are involved. Once again, I apologize and ask forgiveness if any feelings have been hurt, if I have caused any discomfort to anyone, and if my words have been communicated poorly resulting in misunderstanding. I hope this retraction clarifies my actions and meanings and that readers know that this blog is not my way of 'outing' anyone or anything, and I really do just wish to share the things the Lord puts in my path in a humerous way to keep friends and family updated with my new chapter of life and hopefully share my faith and lifestyle with the world. Thank you for reading.

*glances back at trail of egg shells behind me - whew.*