Welcome!

This is the new, and hopefully final home for my blog!  Please pardon the dust while I add in older posts from my livejournal and get this site rolling!

Some of you know me by my married name, but I write (and produce art) under my maiden name.  Same girl!  Just a different last name.

I’m Whitney, a stay at home mother of two (a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 1/2 year old) who’s working on her first big writing project.  (Not entirely true: I’m working on several, but I’m motivated to finally put it out there.)

This blog will be filled with my personal life (kids included) as well as any of my work.  So for those looking to avoid kid stories, I will be tagging my entries- so that you can click on “writing” or “artwork” and see those entries and avoid my personal life.

*mwah*

-W

Originally published at Whitney Drake. You can comment here or there.

Public vs Private

As those who are fans of PvP (the webcomic) know, Scott Kurtz's dog died over the weekend. As is typical with finding out that anyone's pet has died, the forwards come through- with the rainbow bridge, stories of pet heaven, etc, etc.

This was familiar to me. I got them all after Griffin died, and while I may not exactly subscribe to the Rainbow Bridge... I certainly appreciated the sentiment. I thanked people quietly and went on my way.

Even after my grandfather's death, I had plenty of people telling me that at least he's hanging out with Jesus. Or that he's up in the clouds, looking down at Arizona. I have my own personal concepts of heaven, and I'm not entirely certain that the afterlife takes place up in the clouds or that they're hanging out with Jesus 24/7. But I appreciated the sentiment.

Why do I mention this? Scott Kurtz blogged (and tweeted) about his confusion about the manner. While, yes, he is entitled to it. They're his blog, and his twitter feed- it's also horribly rude for the people who took the time from their day to write him an email of condolence.

Yes, he's grieving. But this is the umpteenth time that he's proven that he can't give himself distance to discuss a situation. Everything is personal, and everyone who isn't him (or who doesn't think like him) is 100% wrong and doesn't deserve respect in how he deals with them.

I know, it's the internet. But still, is it so wrong to hope that people can behave with at least an ounce of respect towards others?

One less Twitter feed for me to follow, anyways.