"First piece of advice"

First piece of advice broken already: write every day. Part of this was a terse pile-up at home over what could/should/would be blogged about. Blogger friends defended my side, but Danoah hit home with his revelations about all the comment meanies out there. Now, I like to think I have thick skin, but I don’t. And since I’m writing about a sensitive issue, I know I can expect some random person to randomly find my site (or perhaps not-so-randomly, if they’re really mean and seek out people to hurt) and type-throw insults about how I’m going to hell, yada yada. So I will keep this more or less anonymous, potentially to my own readership detriment, but in the overarching goodwill goal of protecting my current and future family. After all, future baby-to-someday-be has privacy rights, or will anyway (once he or she is born, I am quick to say, as I don’t believe privacy rights begin in the womb), and may not appreciate the world knowing how he or she was conceived, born, and loved passionately. Well, at least, that might not be appreciated come the “ugh, mom” years of middle school. So moving on – but that’s my first disclaimer. Hopefully not many more to come!