I realize that this information is about two days too late, but then I have never been a person who is known for being punctual or on time for anything.
There has been a lot of activity on this blog because of the front page story in the New York Times a few days ago. I have received nearly a thousand emails (they just keep coming) and quite a few people have written to ask me what I thought of the article or to tell me what they thought of the article or just to say that they discovered me because of the article and wish they had had something similar when they were going through their own divorce.
If you've just arrived because of the article, welcome. I realize the Times did not make it easy to get here like they did with everyone else mentioned in the article. There's no link to my blog, and I imagine that's because I'm really and truly naked. I suppose they really are covering their asses.
I have no idea how you feel about people who write about their lives on the Internet? You may be among those who find it fascinating or you may be among those who are absolutely horrified that a person would choose to air such personal things in such a public and permanent forum. It really doesn't matter to me which person you are. I'm still glad that you're here.
No, really, I am.
Welcome.
While I know that at times, especially lately, this blog has been like a very scary train wreck at which you can not help but stare, I also know that this blog, this little naked blog, has helped many people to truly embrace and love their bodies and by extension to love themselves. I am proud of this blog for doing that. I am proud of the naked truths that have been shared here. And I am very very proud of the staunch supporters who read this blog so faithfully and who truly have helped to keep me sane while my marriage has unraveled.
I am proud to be Nakedjen.
While I understand that the purpose of the New York Times article was to look for the conflict that exposing your deepest hurts on your blog can create, especially when it is just the voice of one party in a two-party break-up, I do feel that the reporter didn't really get the essence of this particular blog or of me.
But that's okay. She was doing her job, writing her story for her paper.
I can continue to do my job and write my story here. And those of you who truly care and want to know my truth (because, let's face it, David will always have his own and he should!) can know that you can always, always find it here.
The New York Times may be all the news that's fit to print, but the news that really matters most to me will always be the news I choose to write on Nakedjen.
