Should I?

 

I wrote a lot after Polly was born.  I have the whole tearful, devastating, beautiful story of my first year as Polly’s mom smudged into a couple of journals.  I read through them from time to time to convince myself that everything really did happen.  Then, during our sabbatical year in Michigan, I wrote almost daily about how it felt to go through the grief process of having a child with special needs.  At the time I had high hopes to write a book about it someday.  And maybe I will.

October is Down syndrome Awareness month.  There is a challenge for bloggers who are touched by Down syndrome to write every day for the month of October.  It’s called 31 for 21. 

I’d like to do it.  But you all know just how sporadic my posting is.  Then I thought about my story.  The pages that live inside my head and in my computer hard drive.  What if I post my story of having Polly in Ukraine on my blog in daily installments?

I don’t know.  There’s a lot of things about my story that aren’t things I’d like to admit to the world (or to the small collective who actually follow this blog).  And if I do it, I have to be honest. 

I definitely have enough material to last 31 days and knowing me I would probably end up adding on and omitting, you know, I’d probably play around with my playdough of pages until it looked like something completely different anyway.

What do you think?  Should I take on the challenge to blog for 31 days straight about Trisomy 21, a.k.a. Down syndrome?  Specifically, should I retell my story of delivering Polly in Ukraine here on Pocket Lint?

I’m looking for opinions here.  Drop me a line and let me know what you think.  I have until October 1st to decide.

If you’d like to take up the challenge, go here for the rules and details.