Airing Dirty Laundry & Keeping It Real

“You and I have had a lot in common this year…” and “That is what I love about you, you are so GD real, so don’t go changing.” 

I know I’ve written before that sometimes during regular days when I am running the rat race to do all the life “stuff”/make ends meet/work-whatever- I get frustrated and wonder why the heck I’ve spent countless hours here and what it will ever amount to. The above part of this email I just got is so much of the reason why I spend those countless hours on Blue Lollipop Road. It has been therapeutic for me to have a place such as this to babble my thoughts, hopes, dreams, heartaches and adventures. I am no different than anyone else, I am just choosing to try and be brave to put it all out there. 

The kind of feedback I’ve gotten from the most random of people thanking me and telling me they relate has been incredible. My countless hours here are worth it a million times over because I’m constantly reminded we all go through the same crap in life and there are people like me everywhere. I love that words about my ordinary life can be relatable and make someone feel human and normal. I love what happens when you take a deep breath, break it all down and get real. I’m just trying to be brave and put it all out there now after a lot of years of being a total chicken. Its not easy to write what I do sometimes. When I have days and feedback like this, it’s worth every ounce of fighting through my insecurity to continue to air my “dirty laundry” and give people something to relate to.

I will close with a quote this nice gent put in his email to me just now:

Thanks for finally reading S.L. I will keep writing for sure and promise to always keep it real.