Hi. I’m Casey. I’m from moosh in indy. Angella asked me to stand in for her since she is in Mexico alone with her husband and probably has yet to come up for air.
Angella is generally around on Google Chat when trolls come knocking at my door and she does a lovely job of talking me down from my troll induced frenzy.
But I shall frenzy no longer because I have accepted that not everyone is going to like me. Or everything that I do.
Bummer.
Same goes for you. Not everyone likes you. Sorry.
If you decide to write about religion you’ll be told you go to the wrong church. Or believe in the wrong God. But if you don’t write about religion you will be chastised for not involving religion in the raising of your child.
If you write about your child you will be told you’re doing it all wrong. If you don’t write about your child people will let you know that you are selfish and self centered.
If you don’t use paragraphs you’ll be sent links on proper grammar. If you do use paragraphs you’ll be called “stuffy, boring and wordy.”
If you write about depression you’ll be called a lazy human being who has no right to parent a child.
If you write about your attorney husband you’ll be called a spoiled and kept woman.
If you write how to make homemade cinnamon rolls you’ll be called indulgent and told you have too much free time. But if you write about your dirty love for polishing off a Cinnabon with extra frosting all by yourself in the corner of the mall food court you’ll be told that you are the reason society is fat.
If you dare mention that you had a bad day and that you’re two steps away from selling your offspring on eBay, you’ll get all sorts of snarky comments about your status as an ungrateful and unfit mother. But if you don’t write about the honest truth that kids tend to drive one batty every once in a while and only post sparkly rainbow unicorn kisses, people will question your authenticity. (And throw up in their mouths a little bit when reading about your so called constant state of glitter and sunshine of a life.)
So there you have it.
I am a Mormon mommy blogger who writes how I think, rarely uses proper punctuation, is dealing with depression, gets frustrated easily, hates that her husband is gone all the time and enjoys the occasional Cinnabon.
But I am also a Mormon mommy blogger who is trying to be a decent human being, loves my husband, my daughter, my family, the Lord and my friends more than anything in this life. I am grateful for all that I have and to be where I’m at. And I can make a wicked chocolate cake.
How’s that for sunshiney rainbow kisses?
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Well said my dear, well said.
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Comment by rachel on February 23rd, 2008 @ 4:41 amwow, nicely said mommy blogger.
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Comment by emily on February 23rd, 2008 @ 4:46 amRock On. If the trolls have nothing but criticism, why do they keep coming back? How Dumb.
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Comment by Reese on February 23rd, 2008 @ 6:07 amWell, I like you. That’s all that should matter.
hahaha
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Comment by The Butrfly Garden on February 23rd, 2008 @ 7:05 amTo sum it up: you’re a real person!
I like it when people shout this statement from the roof tops.
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Comment by gorillabuns on February 23rd, 2008 @ 7:10 amYou took every single word right out of my mouth. This is something I blog about a lot. If you cant be honest with strangers, who can you be honest with? Put it this way, your a normal person, a regular mom, and you tell it how it is, how we all should be telling it! dont sugar coat anything for anyone!
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Comment by jenn on February 23rd, 2008 @ 7:36 amI love this post!!!!
Thanks for coming to guest post on Angella’s blog! ANd hey, if you ever want to make cinnamon buns and don’t wnat to feel guilty about eating them … send them over here!
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Comment by Mrs. Wilson on February 23rd, 2008 @ 8:36 amCasey, you’re my hero. (said like Cameron in Ferris Bueller)
We need to bring the GH3 together…and have cinnabons.
As rock stars, we should put them on our rider.
Hug that Moosh!!!
S
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Comment by Shash on February 23rd, 2008 @ 8:46 amA-freakin’-men. (And I mean that with the utmost piety) This is an absolutely fabulous post and every word of it drips truth. Sorry that the trolls have targeted you, I would beat them up for you, if I could.
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Comment by Marilyn on February 23rd, 2008 @ 9:06 amhave i ever told you how much i love you?
because i do.
i love you.
i’m glad you’re back!!
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Comment by erin on February 23rd, 2008 @ 10:28 amAw, great post. Well done. So true.
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Comment by mimi on February 23rd, 2008 @ 10:34 amGreat guest post.
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Comment by She Likes Purple on February 23rd, 2008 @ 10:38 amGreat post!
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Comment by Elizabeth on February 23rd, 2008 @ 12:19 pmI’m bummed that you have been poked by the trolls. That bothers me.
Makes me want to get all violent and protect my Mooshmommy. That and give you big squishy hugs.
I love your Mormon, cinnamon bun loving, chocolate cake making, wife to absent attorney bottom more than you know.
Smooches.
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Comment by Redneck Mommy on February 23rd, 2008 @ 12:53 pmYou’re awesome and we LOVE you! I’m sorry about those trolls. Wonder why they don’t have anything better to do? Desperate horrible people.
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Comment by amy on February 23rd, 2008 @ 1:09 pmHi Casey!
I’ve admire your honesty. You’re much braver than me!
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Comment by merrymishaps on February 23rd, 2008 @ 1:24 pmAin’t that the truth–very well said. And you’re funny. I like you
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Comment by The Over-Thinker on February 23rd, 2008 @ 2:08 pmwell said
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Comment by Kriddle McG on February 23rd, 2008 @ 2:39 pmSo true, but sad…And I’ll join you for a cinnabon!!!
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Comment by Michele on February 23rd, 2008 @ 4:35 pmI love you. And your cinnamon buns, WHICH EVERYONE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE. DO YOU HEAR ME, PEOPLE?
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Comment by metalia on February 23rd, 2008 @ 5:13 pmI read your blog often & never leave without thinking, laughing, or relating. Your honesty is like cream in my coffee. It makes something quite ordinary become quite extraordinary. And you’re damn clever too!
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Comment by Angela on February 23rd, 2008 @ 5:14 pmThe perfect Mommy-blog post in a nutshell! Very nice, Casey!
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Comment by Sarah @ Ordinary Days on February 23rd, 2008 @ 6:12 pmYou go Casey! People are mean and need to worry more about themselves! Those that are trolling at you are probably miserable themselves and want everyone else to feel the same.
You write how and what you want, the last time I checked nobody makes people read blogs.
Catholic Mommy (and Prozac fan) That Likes Your Morman Mommy Blog!!!
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Comment by Nicole M. on February 23rd, 2008 @ 6:45 pmThat’s how it goes. Can’t win them all. But I love that you are so REAL Casey. It’s really refreshing.
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Comment by Mommy Daisy on February 23rd, 2008 @ 7:33 pmFabulously put and I like you so much that I put ya on my blogroll, so really does it matter what anyone else thinks?
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Comment by Jill on February 23rd, 2008 @ 7:33 pmI love your truthiness, that’s what makes your blog so great to read. If you can’t be yourself, why pretend, it’s way too much work.
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Comment by Lynne on February 23rd, 2008 @ 9:41 pmthanks for mentioning you are mormon. and thanks for not giving a rats ass whether i care or not.
i was just having the same conversation with my partner yesterday. you can be a. offensive or b. ambiguous and both will land you in the hated category
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Comment by matches on February 24th, 2008 @ 6:31 amHa! I love it! Always keep in mind that your fans by far outnumber the few bitter trolls. Love ya
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Comment by andi on February 24th, 2008 @ 7:14 amYou’re honest – that’s what makes you lovable!
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Comment by Teri on February 24th, 2008 @ 7:42 amGreat guest post … thanks for your honesty!
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Comment by Hannah on February 24th, 2008 @ 2:10 pmIf you were all rainbows and sparkly kisses and unicorns, I wouldn’t be reading you. I like that you’re honest and funny. And you lust after kitchen acoutrements as much as I do. That’s always a plus in my book.
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Comment by Dutch Blitz » Homecoming Queen on February 24th, 2008 @ 6:49 pmI love your honesty. That’s why I started blogging, to help encourage other moms who felt the need to always be perfect.
Parenting is the most incredible job in the world. And sometimes, it sucks!
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Comment by Jenni on February 24th, 2008 @ 8:20 pmHi!
That was such a great post! I can tell you ROCK just from that!
Way to go “Mormon Mommy” being YOU!
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Comment by Kaili on February 24th, 2008 @ 8:51 pmmmm…cinnamon buns…:)
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Comment by ali on February 25th, 2008 @ 9:19 amNo matter how you say it, you are doing it all right. Keep it up!
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Comment by Isabel on February 25th, 2008 @ 10:34 amCasey, Don’t ever stop saying whatever you want to say. I read your blog because I want your honesty… Go to hell trolls!
I would rather hear from you than Matt Lauer for the news of the day.
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Comment by Mich on February 25th, 2008 @ 1:55 pmamen.
can I say that??? lol
It’s all true and no matter what, I like you…so THERE. 
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Comment by staciesmadness on February 26th, 2008 @ 11:48 amBravo, Casey! Bravo!
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Comment by Jennifer on February 28th, 2008 @ 11:53 amOh, girl. I am so sad that you have to deal with the plethora of trolls on your site.
The trolls I deal with are more of the real-life variety.
The whole lot of them should crawl back into the crevasse of sludge from whence they came.
xoxo
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