I wast thinking today about our group site, MamaWriters. img_1359

Why do we do this?

Why are we here?

Thanks to Renee Knowles, Eliza Knight, Kris Kennedy, and Jeannie Ruesch – we have this online presence that’s AMAZING. *CHEER!*

We have a fascinating group of women, with all sorts of issues, challenges, all who write, all who parent, many of whom follow the fly lady just to keep up with the clutter of trying to write, work, keep house, and manage the mayhem!

On Wednesdays, we get to chat with women / authors — mamas like us — who are making their careers happen! We can glean a bit of knowledge from listening to their successes! That’s SO COOL. But, it’s more than that.

In this age of living far apart from family, of a society that moves so fast, of people who twitter and tweet — and comments that come in and out of our stream of consciousness almost faster than we can type –  staying in touch with a group of like minded women is key.

So, why are we meeting like this? what do we talk about?

Sometimes, we talk about writing.

Other times, we promote our works. We lament the perils of parenthood. Still others, we laugh at ourselves and our inabilities to do EVERYTHING that is on our hearts to accomplish.

From an anthropologists’ perspective (as many of you know I am — head over to my site for more about me!) I digress. From an anthropologist’s POV – this is a fascinating glance at the heart of women. We want to be more. We want to be seen. Heard. Over the din of our children, around the carpools, and pick ups, and drop offs. At MamaWriters.com we can be ourselves. Cheering  for each other is — in a way — like cheering for ourselves.

I’m curious how many of us have purchased the others’ books – whether we read them all the way through or not is irrelevant. It’s all about support. Friendship. The knowledge that someone out there understands that I got up out of bed and wrote from 1:15 AM to 2:45 to get 1,000 words in for the day like I did last night!

Don’t look at me like that.

I’m not crazy, I’m driven! I’m a mama writer and I don’t have time to waste while my munchkins are foraging for cheerios and trying to have dessert for breakfast! I’ve got a husband who actually WANTS me to listen to him. Expects me to say more than “uh-huh. Yeah. I get you.”

Hey, he supports me. It’s the least I can do.

So, props to you — mamawriters out there! Whether you’re a lurker, or a regular — you’re all a-ok in my book. Whatever genre, whatever style. I’m privledged to know you. It’s our differences that make us like a little family.

So, take a minute out of your hectic day.

Tell me something YOU’VE done for a MamaWriter today!!! and thanks for being you.