<span style="color: #888888;"><em>The view from <a href="http://workingcloset.wordpress.com/">our</a> room at the Ritz -- I thought it looked vaguely Parisian, do you see it too?</em></span>

I just got back from a magical weekend in New Orleans where I attended the Mom 2.0 Summit. Everyone told me that Mom 2.0 would be my type of conference, and it turns out that everyone was right. I loved it. I loved that it was small, I loved that it was focused, I loved the openness and honesty of the attendees.

Turns out that the reasons I loved Mom 2.0 are the very reasons I should be proud of my blog.

It's small. It's focused (or "niche" as the marketers like to say.) I'm honest on my blog -- I don't pretend to be something I'm not, even if it acting differently might get me more readers.

What's strange is that the very reasons I loved Mom 2.0 are the reasons I sometimes feel bad about my blog.

I've been doing this since 2005. I've done fine for myself work-wise, and have made more amazing friends than I could have ever dreamed of, but sometimes I wonder what's wrong with this