Comments on: Remaining anonymous http://welcometoillinois.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/remaining-anonymous/ A blog about Down's syndrome Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: welcometoillinois http://welcometoillinois.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/remaining-anonymous/#comment-152 welcometoillinois Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:28:05 +0000 http://welcometoillinois.wordpress.com/?p=234#comment-152 Thanks jonashpdx (or whatever your name is). One of the reasons I would "come out" is to put a personal face on our experiences. I can certainly see the value in that and think that it is probably likely I'll drop the anonymity at some stage. Thanks jonashpdx (or whatever your name is). One of the reasons I would “come out” is to put a personal face on our experiences. I can certainly see the value in that and think that it is probably likely I’ll drop the anonymity at some stage.

]]> By: jonashpdx http://welcometoillinois.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/remaining-anonymous/#comment-151 jonashpdx Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:50:39 +0000 http://welcometoillinois.wordpress.com/?p=234#comment-151 I totally understand that need/desire to be anonymous... as there are times on my own blog (written under a pseudonym) that I think a little too much about what someone who knows me might think about whatever it is I need to put out there in the world. And I often think about starting a new and different blog where I can really let 'er rip. But it's pretty few and far between when it actually comes down to it. But at the same time, not being anonymous definitely helps me sometimes-- and I think, helps my boy. It makes me realize that the world and the people in it are not necessarily as mean and scary as I think they might be. And that it's okay to piss some people off and to maybe risk some hurt feelings, because it also helps to put an actual personal face on some of this shite that we as parents -- both of typical and DS kids -- are going through. Okay, before I get even more incoherent and long-winded, here endeth the comment. But I'll be reading, anonymous or no. I totally understand that need/desire to be anonymous… as there are times on my own blog (written under a pseudonym) that I think a little too much about what someone who knows me might think about whatever it is I need to put out there in the world. And I often think about starting a new and different blog where I can really let ‘er rip. But it’s pretty few and far between when it actually comes down to it.

But at the same time, not being anonymous definitely helps me sometimes– and I think, helps my boy. It makes me realize that the world and the people in it are not necessarily as mean and scary as I think they might be. And that it’s okay to piss some people off and to maybe risk some hurt feelings, because it also helps to put an actual personal face on some of this shite that we as parents — both of typical and DS kids — are going through.

Okay, before I get even more incoherent and long-winded, here endeth the comment. But I’ll be reading, anonymous or no.

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