I got quoted in this article: TIME.com: The New Family Album but how she quoted me doesn’t quite convey what I meant. My blog was never secret and that’s not how my mom found out that we were planning to adopt. It is, however, how she found out that we were thinking about it. This article makes it sound like we were keeping something from her and actually we just hadn’t mentioned it because we were only just exploring our options. Then my mom read my blog and wanted to hear more about what was going on. She hadn’t realized how disillusioned I was with our infertility treatments, that’s all.
And I used to never mention my blog because it didn’t occur to me. Most of my friends don’t read it because they feel like they’re sneaking around behind my back. My husband doesn’t read it because he says he lives it and doesn’t need to. Last week, when everyone was on pins and needles, my friends and family were all reading because they knew that I might not have time to email everyone but I’d likely be able to do a quick entry.
Now off to work! And tomorrow I’m going to try to write up a nice long entry about Noah’s reactions to Madison.
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For a long time, I was reluctant to read blogs because they seemed too personal–I felt like an intruder. But now that I have my own blog, I’m over it. I share all sorts of personal stuff on my blog (for good or ill).
I liked that Time article, even if your words were taken out of context, Dawn. I don’t like the idea of being part of a confession culture, but I found the stats cited and the motivations of parent bloggers to be very interesting.
Nah . . . it doesn’t seem like you. And how come I’ve never even heard of the blogs that are getting so many hits?
hmm. Pamela contacted me but I was ruled out on account of not being a US resident (not that that matters much in the ttc/parenting blog community, does it?). I think an article on the baby and baby-making blogs would have hit the mark better. but what would I know? I’m practically an ex-journalist these days, eight months since my last day at work…
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