The roller coaster that is personal blogging…

The other day as I started to tell another personal blogger how to live her life {sigh. yes, I really did that. And via twitter of course} I was thinking how funny it is to open your world as a personal blogger. To share yourself and your experiences. To discuss issues and request solutions to your biggest {and often most private} problems. To offer the world your joy. To share with them your losses and grief. It is a strange monster this personal blogging thing. 
And when I started I had no plans to get personal. At first I even used a stock image for my profile pic. There was going to be no me here. Just quotes, images and pretty things. And then I started writing a caption or two. Introduced Hubby and Miss Y {our exchange student at the time}. And it grew. The desire to share myself. To write it out and express myself. 
And great stuff happened. And I grieved. And then I loved some more. I laughed. I cried a little. I hoped and prayed and begged. I raged and stomped. And along the way I poured it onto the page. And your response was always love and support {except that troll that one time}. People got what I was saying. They shared themselves. They told me their story and invited me to join them at their blogs. And I did. 
And I couldn’t help it tonight, as I cap off the 40 days of gratitude {over a few more days than that} being really present to how grateful I am that you read this. That your share yourself. That you comment and offer advice and support and love. I’m pretty darned lucky. 
So yes, gushy thank you post, over and out. 
Have a beautiful Saturday!
  

7 responses to “The roller coaster that is personal blogging…”

  1. You know I was exactly the same when I first started blogging. Over time as I relaxed and started to share more I came to realize that the blogging community is such a special supportive group and also just how much I value their thoughts and input.

  2. I'm exactly the same. I even had my blog set to private. Then, I slowly became part of the blogging community and I LOVE it. And, I got to meet special people like yourself xx

  3. I love real stuff, that's why I read :)

  4. We love you back!Great post today, Melissa. It really encapsulated what I've felt about my journey this year as a first time blogger.SSG xxxSydney Shop Girl blog

  5. Nothing better than being your true self – it usually produces the best writing!I blog about quite personal stuff but I also tend not to put my image on my blog [I have never put Guv's image on my blog – he'd hate that!].I sometimes wish my blog wasn't so personal but then if it wasn't, it wouldn't be my blog!~x~

  6. :) i think everybody needs to find the level of openess they feel comfortable with on a public blog. i have been VERY open on a locked, closed platform blog for years. like you, i wanted to keep my (still new) public blog a bit more covered and i still have a few principles. but you can't expect personal following if you do not blog a bit personal too. otherwise it's like reading an editorial in a newspaper, you might like the article but don't general remember the name.. i've only just discovered your blog but i already like it. keep it up !

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