{"id":463,"date":"2009-08-11T00:11:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T04:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2009-08-11T00:11:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T04:11:45","slug":"blog-love-week-charming-mama-bird-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/blog-love-week-charming-mama-bird-diaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Love Week &#8211; Charming Mama Bird Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blog-love1.png\" alt=\"blog-love1\" title=\"blog-love1\" width=\"510\" height=\"100\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blog-love1.png 510w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blog-love1-300x58.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><br \/>\nMy 2nd featured blog is from the lovely Kelcey Kintner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamabirddiaries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mama Bird Diaries<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mamabirdheader.jpg\" alt=\"mamabirdheader\" title=\"mamabirdheader\" width=\"510\" height=\"102\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mamabirdheader.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mamabirdheader-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><br \/>\nThere are so many things I enjoy about reading Kelcey&#8217;s posts.  She&#8217;s incredibly funny (I wonder if she ever gets sick of being called funny because it must happen all the time?) and is overwhelmed in a disarming way about being a mom.  Kelcey makes those cringe-worthy motherhood moments read like you&#8217;d almost want to live them again.  And she clearly cares about her readers.  I can tend to be a lurker (not in a creepy way), but when I have commented on a post, Kelcey has responded more than once with a personal remark.  A <strong>nice<\/strong> personal remark.  Now that&#8217;s classy!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you shy away from what is termed as &#8220;Mommyblogs,&#8221; you really are missing some very good writing and insights into what makes up a mom and what shapes a woman.  I think mass media is enjoying the term <em>mommybloggers<\/em> a bit too much and lumping the misinformed with skilled set.  Psst &#8211; The Mama Bird Diaries is part of the skilled set&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nKelcey&#8217;s recent move from Manhattan to the suburbs has kept me smiling for weeks.  There are kid questions (\u201cSo when I\u2019m a mommy and I have babies, where do I get the daddy?\u201d) and potty training and movie-star crushes and yearning for friends and snapshot after snapshot of a beautiful family.  Which, in turn, makes me take a moment to appreciate my beautiful family &#8211; that&#8217;s what good writing does.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you haven&#8217;t just jumped over to Kelcey&#8217;s blog yet, you can find her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamabirddiaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.  You can also find her on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouthyhousewives.com\/\">The Mouthy Housewives<\/a>, a humor advice site (she&#8217;s co-founder and a weekly contributor.)  She also contributes <a href=\"http:\/\/svmomblog.typepad.com\/nyc_moms\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notesonaparty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.23andme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!  And she&#8217;s funny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/blog-love-week-charming-mama-bird-diaries\/\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 2nd featured blog is from the lovely Kelcey Kintner of The Mama Bird Diaries. 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