Bloggers are often asked why. Why do we write online? Why share the little details of our day to day existence with total strangers? Why record the minutia at all?

For mommybloggers, the questions continue: What will your children think? Aren't you ashamed to admit you aren't perfect? Do you really think anyone cares if you have sore nipples or changed 900 diapers or spent all night helping your son finish his science project?

The answers to these questions are personal, of course. But here at Mommybloggers.com, we know that we've found validation, humor and support from reading the little details. We think that is valuable beyond measure.

We've been touched by some really wonderful entries this week, and we wanted to share them with you:

Emily McKhann of Been There wrote a beautiful post about her dear friend Erin's legacy:

While most of us don't know when our time will come, as she did, pausing to remind ourselves that, yes, we are indeed mortal gives us a chance to recalibrate and consider our life choices. When we take time to think about what we want in life, both in the present and down the road a bit, we can maybe even find our own unique ways of living with meaning and purpose.

Aldon Hynes of Orient Lodge takes up Emily's theme, and makes it personal:

On June 5, 1989 a solitary man stood in front of a column of tanks in Tiananmen square. The image is emblazoned on the minds of many who long for a more democratic China. Eight years earlier, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report had a report about five gay men in California who suffered from a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with a weakened immune system. For those concerned with AIDS, it was a key moment.

Yet for many of us the day will be remembered as a friend’s birthday or some other important event in our personal lives, or want have any significance. Yet these moments that make up a dull day may not be special to us, but to someone we love, they may have special meaning some day.

Y, over at Joy Unexpected, made us laugh and cry with her heartfelt post about blogging through the pain life can dish out:

I recently confessed to Liz that I find it hard to write the way I used to, because I feel more guarded and protective of my feelings. She said something that I think about almost every day.

“You have to speak your truth.�

And she’s right. She’s right because I have hundreds of saved emails from women who have written to me to tell me how much they can relate to the things that I write. I’ve had women tell me very personal things that have made me weep because I know how they feel and NO ONE should feel that way about themselves. I have emails dating back to 2005, because those emails have meant the world to me and sometimes, when I’m having a really bad day, I’ll go back and read them. I feel so grateful to every single person who has taken the time out of their lives to send me an email telling me their stories, or offering their moral support, or giving me advice, or telling me their praying for me and my family.

Finally, our own Jenn Satterwhite touches on her recent blogging dilemmas, and the conclusions she has reached:

You see when I let myself be free here on THIS blog, the other stuff that I need to do elsewhere falls into place. THIS is my house. THIS is where I should feel at home to be whatever I need or want to be.

Please go read these extraordinary posts - but before you go, share your reasons for blogging with us!