I'm in a very YouTubey sort of mood today, and I wanted to point you all to something a little different. A neighbor, whom I am very fond of, is one of those mass forwarders of the inspirational e-mails. Truthfully, I usually delete her messages without reading them. I can't stand pictures of cats in dresses. I won't even talk about the political mass forwarded e-mail I get from her. She's a good neighbor, despite her e-mails.
But she sent me something that I actually watched. It's a reading by Kelly Corrigan. (I had never heard of her before, but I guess she's quite popular). It pretty much sums up the secret mom world that I tried to sum up here.
I know that some people hate these women, because they are boring and middle class and white and predictable. But, really, they are very nice people. This video had 2.4 million views.
Apt. 11d 
This video made the rounds amongst women in our congregation around Christmastime. It’s a good reading, and my wife simply adored it.
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I don’t hate them, but I am definitely not one of them. Around here, it’s difficult to form such a group. People are crazy-busy and scattered, working in the city or another suburb, kids at schools miles away, etc. When I was at blogher, I accidentally sat at the table with Dooce and the other mommy bloggers and they are those moms, just in a virtual way (though some may be in real life as well). I have mixed feelings about these kinds of groups. Yes, they are very nice much of the time, but they’re also quite picky. If you don’t fit their image of “mom” and don’t play by their “rules,” you’re not accepted. At least that’s my experience here, although it hasn’t been elsewhere. So, I guess it depends on where you are. I’m tempted to read the book.
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I’m not one of them either, Laura. I’m an oddball and one of my kids is unusual. We scare many of the moms away. I also don’t want to socialize in single gender groups. I like boys.
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I didn’t see it as part of a group, but rather as the way female friendship works at it’s best. I have two women who I could see in this essay, but we don’t belong to any kind of group. They really have nothing to do with each other. I just consider them my best friends.
They really are the people in the world who came running when I had a baby, got a job, lost a grandma or finally got my degree. I spend hours with them on the phone obsessing about whether I’m right or wrong for setting dating guidelines for my kid. They’re also the ones who tell me if I’m nuts when I need it.
I’ve been friends with one for 17 years and the other for 22 years.
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I’m lucky to have 4 sisters. And yes, one of them sent me the clip.
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