I joined a Blog Chicks group on Facebook a week ago. It’s a place for bloggers to have their questions answered, chat blogs, and hang out. It was early days in the group, so many introductions were happening. So many great blogs and woman roll calls. As it does. But I wanted more; the hot tip. The inside track to the best content the interwebs offers, and I wanted a new favourite blog! So, I asked.
What’s the best blog post you read this week? And not one of yours, don’t be weird.
And do you know, over 100 people saw that post, and I received TWO responses? TWO. So it turns out we, as bloggers, are more interested in flogging our stuff than reading, or we just aren’t reading. I know for myself I’ve slowed down my usual blog visiting. I used to manage a blog roll with over 800 blogs on it. I’d stay as often as possible but could confidently say that I would see them all at least once every month. I wore myself out!
But why is that? Why did I quit visiting other blogs when push came to shove? When I’m a little stuck at the moment for inspiration and ideas, why did I stop seeing the people who do it best? Am I the only one? It’s a phase; I know I’ll be back. My question above is proof of that, I think. A desire to read more blogs. A desire to find that new hidden gem. A new favourite. But I wonder where it went in the first place.
I’m calling this phase the bloggers have their heads up their butt phase. I think the response to my question is a testament to that. To some degree. Comments, in general, are down; I’m constantly hearing people complain about it. Content writers everywhere are lamenting the downturn in conversation. Maybe what’s happening is people aren’t reading? Perhaps the content isn’t WORTH the effort? Hmmm.
Or could it just be that we are too busy doing our thing and too busy to share our precious time with anyone else? After all, it’s already spread between all the other important things to us. Family, friends, work, hobbies, Pinterest… It’s just a theory, but when push came to shove, visiting, communicating and reading other people’s blogs was at the bottom of a very long list, there must be a reason. What do you think?
Now I’m asking you…
What’s the best blog post you read this week? And not one of yours, don’t be weird.
Hi! I’m Melissa Walker Horn. Around here, they call me Suger. I’m the Chief Blogger and doer of all the things here at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; I love a casual ootd, taking photos, and writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet over at Chalkboard Digital. You know, living the sweet life.
Well, it’s yours…. I saw your question on the Blog Chicks page and I didn’t respond…I just didn’t have an answer for you. TBH I haven’t been reading any blogs or writing on my own…serious bloggers rut and overwhelmed with too many things. I closed my second blog and have neglected my YouTube channel…just feeling burnt out, until this morning when I saw a link from you on my FB feed and have spent the morning reading through a bunch of your posts. You’ve made me feel like getting stuck into it again. Thanks x Marnie
Glad to hear you’ve found your mojo again! Reading other blogs can be great for that. As long as you don’t go too far and rip off someone else’s content {have you seen the kerfuffle today with one of the major paper {I think?} almost printing word for word Sarah Wilson’s IQS text? Umm mah!
Enjoy yourself!!
I think for me it tends to depend on if I happen to catch the post promotion on social media (namely Facebook). Otherwise I can go a little while between visits and read back when I see a FB post from them. Lol @ Pinterest in the list – this does take up alot of my “mindless internet time”. Not that reading blogs is mindless, but you know, if I’m taking 5 in front of the computer it can turn into 125mins if I open Pinterest first,
I do that too, click on over when I see a post being promo’ed. It helps to jog my memory that I planned to read more blogs. I’m doing this thing at the moment that’s like post twitter roulette. I click on the first 5 post links in my feed and read them. Fun! Totally random, and fun.
YES! Pinterest is SUCH a time suck. But a wonderful, delightful and probably essential one. Haha.
Cripes I have been so busy I have only just found this post of yours in my email! You know what…my problem is that I do all of my blog reading at night on my ipad and I am yet to find a blog reader app I like to load all of my favs up. There for have some spread all over the place..deeeeer! I don’t get huge amount of comments and I take that as my posts either suck or people like me read the post and fear looking like a doofus so don’t comment. In saying this … I am considering the old Blog Roll again. No fav post this week …cause I am still reading so far!
Haha. Busy busy! Blog rolls are awesome, I found a lot of my favourite blogs through the old Blog This members list. It was THE BEST.
Way better response! Thank goodness. Haha. Thanks for sharing that blog, we’ve got a bit of cooking mojo going on around here at the moment too. Can’t wait to check it out.
This is my favourite at the moment. http://www.lovebugstudios.com/2013/05/21/the-dumbing-down-of-the-quilting-and-sewing-industry/
Thanks for sharing lovely. Can’t wait to check it out.
I have a fairly fat blog Reader most of the time, because I follow too many to read properly 🙂 As you pointed out, my real life gets in the way. I try to catch up at weekends. I’m not a consistent commenter though for the simple reason that 99% of the time I have nothing to say. That’s why I love when a blogger asks a question I can answer!
Best blog I read this week? This one I read this morning by Danimezza. Don’t know why, it was just cool. Maybe because it told a story. http://www.danimezza.com/2013/05/life-changing-experiences/
Also loved A Beach Cottage’s thrifty decorating in this post http://www.abeachcottage.com/2013/05/beach-cottage-coastal-summer-house-makeover.html because I love old things repurposed 🙂
You’re such a wonderful support of this blog, for sure. So thank you muchly. I’ll be sure to incorporate the question thing to give you something to answer. Haha.
That was a great post. Haven’t got back to comment yet myself on that one.
Jamie’s Soap Box is a good one.
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Thanks! I’ll check it out.
Before I started my own blog, I was reading maybe 20 a day (yeah I know, total addict) but I think part of why I stopped was because I didn’t want to feel influenced by their content and unknowingly have similar posts. Also I discovered Twitter and now read a whole lot more from a broad range of sources
I worry about that sometimes, the oh you copied me thing. I know it does happen. For me though it feeds content, always linked of course, and ideas. However mine is a very different blog to yours. Yours rely’s on unique finds and content in a way mine doesn’t.
And twitter, gold for great reads!
Miss your face lady, we should have coffee next time I’m in Brisbane and have more than 10 minutes to myself!
Maddie, lilmagoolie was a constant on my browser history. Love your stuff.
I love reading other blogs but it is a time issue. In order to try and maintain the quality of writing on my own blog and keep up with social media AND FAMILY, I often cannot commit as much time to other blogs. However, I recently read an inspiring post from Vicky Finch about protecting our children from sexual abuse that was handled beautifully, especially for an important subject that ordinarily tends to be brushed under the carpet.
Lousia, absolutely, something has to give. It’s not something to else to feel badly about not getting done, but I do think we make the community stronger when we take a bit of time outside of our own blog.
Thanks for sharing the post, I’ll see if I can locate it. Naomi from Seven Cherubs has been discussing a similar topic of late if it’s of interest to you.
I read lots of blogs, but I’m often reading on the run and struggle to write comments from my phone. My two favourite blogs de jour are Keeping up with the Holsbys and Boy Eats World.
Great! Can’t wait to check them out. Thanks for sharing. And I hear you, until Disqus {and others} updated their comment system to be easier to use on devices, commenting was HARD.
I’m very much a blog reader. My iPad reader is my bedtime reading. So if anything my night-time reading habits have been to the detriment of my book reading. The last book I read and the one I’m reading now are by bloggers too. Obsessed? Maybe. But I totally believe in this community of which I’m a small part … and I love being able to read a diverse bunch of niches, topics and personalities every day. You’re very much on that list x
I find the same thing, when the day is done I love to settle in with my iPad and read some blogs. Lately though I’ve been not getting to bed until late, REALLY late, so it’s fallen by the wayside.
Obsessed? Us!? NEVER. Haha,
I have a couple of favourites that I never stopped reading but I know what you mean. Off to check out that post. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you {both}. I appreciate that. Speaking of coffee with a friend, we need to do that Telle, and soon! 🙂
I’ve recently found Plump Parnsnip, whose outfits I have been enjoying.
The other thing I am really enjoying reading is the ’52 Lists’ posts, started by Moorea Seal. Its something that lots of people have been linking up with and I’ve found a few new blogs this way too.
Thanks for the tips Polly! Cannot wait to check that out, I LOVE lists. Haha.
Yep, I read blogs, but not as many as I used to and I’m ALWAYS adding & deleting blogs from my RSS reader. As I’m a food blogger many of us write about the same thing so I only read & comment on posts that I find personally interesting to me. Plus I think I have “reading fatigue”…too many blogs, not enough time. My favourite blog is Nat the Fat Rat, out of NYC because she writes about loads of different things and I guess her life in NYC is a bit jelly-worthy.
Nat the Fat Rat is one of the first blogs I ever found and is still one of the blogs I read at least weekly. Love that blog. So I’m hearing you lady. She’s just so freakin’ charming. Adorable.
I think it could be reader fatigue for me too on the most part. Time to narrow down the list and refine what I’m interested in reading, I think. 🙂
Because i’ve been depressed, I haven’t been visiting blogs as much, but I still try and go through my blog reader and sift through things I do and don’t want to get around to reading. I don’t know if I really have ‘favourite blogs’ and I think they change from time to time. I have blogs I read consistently Yours, Danimezza, Styling You, Fashion Hayley. I don’t always comment, I only comment when I feel there is something I can say, I often find myself relating back to myself and then I think I just sound really up myself, talking about myself.
The last line struck me, we all do that lady, so don’t be so hard on yourself. It’s part of the mirror behaviour of humans, it’s how we know people. We compare them to ourselves. So look at that, you are perfectly perfect and absolutely human. Who knew. 😉
My love to you. Depression is the balls.
I surely do read other blogs! I currently have about 30 on my regular read list, but I love linking to other people’s blogs, generally through comments on posts. That’s how I got to reading Scarlet Words – she posted a comment here and I clicked and I’m hooked! She’s probably my new fave right now, but I’m not sure I have left a comment for her as yet. Must get around to doing that. Yours is always the first I go to when my reader tells me there’s new stuff, I must admit 🙂
Scarlett Words is one of my top five EVER favourite blogs. I go there when I just need to read, to look at the pretty and hang out. It’s my little blog sanctuary And I agree, relevant comment post links are THE BEST for finding similar content. I wish people did more of it. Relevant being the key word.
And thank you for that. Much appreciated.
I think you’re spot on there suger. 🙂 Something to work on. BTW, my favourite is Loz at Ninja Tales. She is my must read blogger. 😉
Thank you, I think it’s something we need to be aware of trying harder at.
And yes! Loz is amazing.
I actually read over writing on my own blog. I know, BLASPHEMY!!
It’s something I really need to sort out, the whole writing first, but I find that sometimes I get off track with my thoughts and so I will just quickly check out my reader and then lose the focus entirely. Silly cycle I need to break.
Also, I have noticed in general comments are down everywhere. I am hardly getting a single one on posts which I figured was because of my content, but I have noticed it on some big blogs too so I am just thinking people are blogging, living their life, and maybe squeezing in a couple of reads if they have any left over time.
Right now I am living my life, reading, and maybe writing if I can get it out.
I know of a big blogger who admits she doesn’t read a single blog, not even the fellow big ones. I’ve also received some great advice from another big blogger to update your blog before you check your reader, but my funk seems to lie in the opposite of yours, that I’m spending all my time reading and commenting vs. putting content on my own blog.
I think that commenting and reading is important. I see it like having lunch with a friend, you wouldn’t sit there the whole time sharing your stories and not listen to one of theirs, you know?
YES! “I see it like having lunch with a friend, you wouldn’t sit there the whole time sharing your stories and not listen to one of theirs, you know?” THIS! ABSOLUTELY.
I think whatever works for you. I would feel like my head was firmly up my own butt if I didn’t visit other blogs, especially the people who take the time here as often as I can. But that said, I do think you need to write your content first if you’re on a schedule. If that’s your plan. But sometimes, when nothing is coming it helps to get into a conversation instead.
I don’t get to read as many blogs as I would like to. Or as I used to. But I have a few favourite must reads. Yours being one of them. Even though I lurk x
Well Mrs Gray, I would never have pegged you as a lurker. Haha. Glad to have you hear in whatever form. 😉
+1 for faux fuchsia. I always look forward to her posts, and the comments are lovely too.
Woogsworld is very funny.
Suri’s burn book is also very funny.
Suri’s Burn Book!!! LOVE IT. I’m always so disappointed when I’ve read all the new posts. So fun.
I have approximately 50 blogs in my reader, but I’ll only read what interests me, rather than every.single.post. Also, I only comment if I know there’s a good chance of a response. I feel like I’m talking at a disinterested brick wall if I comment regularly and never receive any sort of response. I know bloggers are busy – so am I! – but I’ve taken the time to stop, visit, comment, so it’s nice to get a bit of interaction (conversation!).
Also I have a blog, but I rarely comment using my blog name because I hate feeling like I’m just trolling for traffic. It does make me wonder if people think I’m a snob who doesn’t bother with other people’s blogs.
I love this and agree wholeheartedly about liking replies to comments. It’s nice when a blogger replies, lets you know they have received your comment and makes you feel welcome so you want to come back and comment again.
The conversation is why I blog and don’t own a website instead. I love having a chat, the comments are absolutely the best part of most posts. For me, on here, especially. You’ll always get a response from me, it’s something I always, always make time for.
I’ve never thought of the name like that. Back in the day, long before people flogged the whole comment on other people’s blog to grow your own thing it’s just the way things were done. I never did change. Hmmm, interesting.
I read a lot of blogs and frequent only a few (like this one). My fave topics are personal development, my local community news, entrepreneur blogs and plus size fashion. I always enjoy Mashable- http://mashable.com
Yes! Mashable is a nerd’s dream! For sure. I’m glad to have you here, thanks for visiting. 😀
I read blogs dedicated to subjects that interest me – cooking, plus size fashion, a nail polish blog, some home decorating blogs, I follow one local blogger who makes body parts out of felt (so bizarre I love it though she doesn’t blog often). I really only prefer Australian blogs, the closer to home the better, mainly because if I am inspired by what they are doing I feel like it will be more relevant to me, i.e. I will be able to easily source the clothes, the cooking ingredients, the whatever it is… I prefer blogs where I can visit and read a new post every day and if the blogger don’t respond to my comments, I don’t bother commenting again. I love to read all the comments because that is part of the conversation element of blogging that I love. I read around fifteen blogs daily and I will mostly comment if I have something relevant to add.
http://fauxfuchsiastyle.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/more-snaps-from-paris.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+FauxFuchsia+(FAUX+FUCHSIA) My favourite post this week from a blogger who geographically is not far from me and writes lighthearted posts that are light on writing and heavy on pretty photos. She’s been in Paris this week and I felt like reading and seeing the pictures, she took me on a mini-break with her.
Ahhh Paris, I WISH. Sounds wonderful. I might pop over for a bit of escapism myself. I’m the same, very similar in fact, in blog choices. Other than the felt one, now THAT sounds interesting. Haha. I tend to agree, I love local blogs but I have a few favourite overseas blogs.
I have to say, I am OBSESSED with keeping up with my blogroll….I really enjoy sitting down with a cup of tea and spending time just reading blogs! I add/delete from my fatshion blogroll a lot, and I follow Bloglovin’ for the few other favourite blogs that have nothing to do with fashion.
My favourite posts this week so far have been The Militant Baker’s letter to Mike Jeffries of Abercrombie and Fitch
(http://www.themilitantbaker.com/2013/05/to-mike-jeffries-co-abercrombie-fitch.html)
and
Having My Cake And Eating It by Callie Thorpe
(http://www.fromthecornersofthecurve.com/2013/05/having-my-cake-and-eating-it.html)
The Nearsighted Owl is my favourite blog, ever.
Great post, Sugar!
When I switched from Blogger I found it really difficult to keep up like I used to when I had an inbuilt blogroll, I’ve been working with bookmarks folders for a while now and it just doesn’t feel the same. Boooo. Great, great suggestions. I can’t wait to read the second link now I have time.
I absolutely agree. I read and comment on every post of the week’s I’m involved. It sort of gets up my nose when other people don’t bother actually. So yeah, that’s my rant! Haha.
Thank you!
I’m loving the militant baker http://www.themilitantbaker.com
YES! ME TOO. Thanks for the hot tip. I love, love her.
I read them almost every morning and my favorite right now is “Putting Me Together”.
Great! Thanks for sharing Cindy. 🙂
I read quite a few blogs. I usually start my day with a coffee and blog reading (I consider it my newspaper!). My favourite one I read this week, is an older post on a blog that I’ve only recently found http://www.nearsightedowl.com/2013/01/i-am-not-being-brave.html She is a lady who is fat, who loves that she’s fat, loves who she is, and is confident. It is inspriing me to not be quite so down on myself!
Similar story here. No coffee, just tucked up under the doona. Mmmm, it’s the best. I’d run across the nearsighted owl once before and never been able to find my way back there. SO THANK YOU! Yay.
I read blogs all the time, but I realised I had stopped leaving comments. So my new mission is to leave a comment on at least a few logs,me specially smaller ones. As for the best blog post, Fat Mum Slim wrote one about grief that had me all teary, and Edenland always rocks my world.
I hadn’t seen the post by Chantelle, I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the hot tip. And I know what you mean about the commenting sometimes it doesn’t work out when you’re flicking from site to site. I need to try harder myself.
I agree 🙂
It’s only the the start of the week but this post from My Closet In Sketches is most def a front runner: http://myclosetinsketches.com/2013/05/17/how-to-wear-a-trench/
Great! thanks for sharing. And yes, early days indeed!
Fave blog posts of the week:
http://www.crunkfeministcollective.com/2013/05/23/bringing-back-wonder-woman/ YES
http://downtownromantic.com/2013/05/24/creamy-coconut-farro-cereal/ YUM
Two of my fave blogs – both are layed out well, and pretty. I like Vanilla Extract because not only does is she a fashion blogger, she also has some DELICIOUS food posts, which is something I really enjoy on your blog as well.
http://thefancypantsreport.com
http://vanillaextract.me
AWESOME. Thank you.
I don’t even have my own blog, but I find myself here, danimezza, wait until the sunset, modish maracas, too many sequins, smaggle, styling you, fat aus, and closet confessions at least every second day. I follow lots of Bloggers on instagram and Facebook too. I visit more often when I see a blog flog on fb or insta too. The best blog posts I have read this week are “a loss of confidence” and “don’t just get over it” by modish maracas – which is nearly a month old, but I love it so much that I’ve reread it at least five times.
Great choice of bloggers, for sure. Haha. Thanks for the reminder to blog yesterday’s post on Instagram. 😉 I’m off to see if I can locate the posts you spoke about. Something you’ve reread that many times is worth finding. Thanks Claire!
I struggle to leave comments on blogs, even if I can manage to pop in and read the content, with working four-days a week, trying to put up a blog post at least every couple of days, and two teenagers to supervise, I simply run out of time. I read House Goes Home (http://housegoeshome.com/), The Kids Are All Right (http://www.thekidsareallright.com.au/category/blog/), What Sarah Did Next (http://www.whatsarahdidnext.com/), This Charming Mum (http://thischarmingmum.com/) and from America – Grown and Flown (http://grownandflown.com/college-graduation-and-the-parenthood-abyss/), Beauty of Everyday Life (http://beautyofeverydaylife.blogspot.com.au/) and Still Plus Life (http://laurenlkeim.squarespace.com/). I also try to pop in semi-regularly to Country Life Experiment (http://www.countrylifeexperiment.com/), Farmhouse Home (http://www.farmhousehome.com.au/) and Life Behind The Purple Door (http://www.lifebehindthepurpledoor.com/).
I do feel I’m letting down others when they support my blog and I don’t get to visit/comment on their blogs as much as I would like.
I just wonder though how viable it is to build a successful blog based only on visits from other bloggers? I think to get the bigger stats you have to go beyond that limited audience. However, we do have to face the fact that most people in the real world don’t read a lot of blogs. I’m not sure how you tap into a mainstream audience but I think it is important to try to figure out how to do it in order for the long term viability of your blog????
Also, if anyone knows of any good humour blogs can you let me know. I’ve been on the hunt for some laugh-out-loud bloggers at the moment and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of those around (aside from Mrs Woog and Kerrie Sackville).
Sigh, maybe this is why I don’t get to comment too much – I write an entire bloody blog post when I do (sorry).
Haha. This is a big one but a good one. Thanks for taking the time. I have a similar conversation running in my head. If and what and excuses and all that. We all do our best, I think.
At some point your blog does move past a predominantly blogger audience, I think. Or that’s the way it seems now. But in my experience a large percentage of regular commenters and sharers will always be bloggers.
Ah yes, humour blogs, rare as hen’s teeth!
I’ve pulled back a bit but not a lot. I’m guilty of following a lot more blogs that are within the similar interests of my own. I think that’s happening because I’m so focused on learning more and more about my passion. That’s not to say I’m not visiting blogs that are outside my scope of interests and passions, I’m just following those a little less. I do think you’ve hit some valid points as to why there has been a down turn. I think there is a general culture though of a lot more new people entering the blogging world to make a go of things and I’m not all that certain that the love to write and communicate was their initial passion. I think this contributes to said problem because people are so focused on catching up to speed with everyone else, that they forget what’s important. Like engaging with others, showing support, commenting and interacting. Am I making any sense? Is this reply going anywhere?
In my little corner of the world in my niche I haven’t really noticed the down turn too much, I have awesome stats for returning visitors that others have told me they would kill for. As a result I try and pay that back and into my audience following them back, commenting.
But like you hinted at reading others content inspires content of your own, so why wouldn’t people do more of it. In fact my dear love you’ve inspired a blogging post in me about how to engage and follow more. Funny thing is though that after so many years of blogging I question whether I’m qualified enough to spout out those thoughts lol.
You can thank me later for my random epic Trudie response.
I don’t think it’s anything to feel guilty about, just to be aware of as part of a community, I think. Something we all have to consider if we want it to continue to grow and thrive. you do an amazing job visiting and commenting on blogs, I know your regular support means alot to me. Lead the way lady, show the newbies {and us old girls who have lost our way} the way forward!
For sure, up until two months ago {and I blame the influx of traffic from Pinterest} I had a 70% return visitor rate but the increase in traffic lead to a lower rate of returns on average {I’m not even sure that makes sense}. The return visitor is a bloggers best friend, they are the people who make it worth it. Yourself very much included.
Thanks love. Well I’ll see that as a green light to put a post together lol.
I’m not far behind you in returning vistor stats I’m in the 60’s regularly and consistently and my audience is a LOT smaller than yours and I’m a bit nichey in my content and interests and appeal I guess. It’s been a long haul to get where I am and trying to do all that I want for my blog and business but because I have such loyalty and commitment in those who have invested in me I can’t just blog and run. I feel I need and want those relationships with my readers and fellow bloggers the building on unique visitors will come but I for now I’m doing my tour of duty to grow things and I’ll always want that connection with others. As bloggers we shouldn’t under estimate the need others have for validation too.
“As bloggers we shouldn’t under estimate the need others have for validation too.”
YES! That!!
There are a half dozen blogs that I religiously read every post they make…. Yours is one of them 🙂 I’ll be honest and say I didnt do a lot of blog reading last week ( my head was consumed with house selling and home building ) but if you want to discover a fantastic blog go check out Kylie at A Study In Contradictions ( http://WWW.kyliepurtell.com )
Thank you Amy. I think we all have times like that when we just need a break. Welcome back and thanks for sharing. I sometimes catch Kylie’s posts on twitter. She’s great.
I’m still a fan of reading blogs. It still takes up way too much of my time. Maybe it’s cos I’m not hip and famous:) I love the blogging community and hope that reading and commenting won’t become a thing of the past. A huge reason why I love blogging is the connection between blog and reader. I love blogging for that reason and I love commenting on other people’s blogs for the same. I love your blog, Suger, of course:) I love A Beach Cottage. I love Ivy Nest. I love Scandi Coast Home. I love Tea With Lucy. I love Meet Me at Mikes. I love Maxabella. I love Domestic Mumma. I love Dear Molly. I love Pearl and Elspeth. So many wonderful blogs, so little time. I think we should be doing a little more promoting of others. Share the love and all that. Thanks for giving us that opportunity to give a shout out to the ones we love:) x
Haha. Hardly, I’m sure you’re super hip and famous. We all are, in our lunchboxes. My friend Dani from Hello Owl always says that. The community of bloggers is what makes it more fun and personal than a news site or standard website. FOR SURE.
And that’s one heck of a list of bloggers you have there, some of my favourites too! I agree, when the reading stops, the sharing of posts stops and everyone feels like no one cares. I love a great post popping up in my newsfeed shared by a reader. It’s the best.
I read a few blogs 🙂 – love this post by Tina Gray http://tinagray.me/on-being-fat/
Thanks for sharing my post, Melissa x
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I hadn’t seen this one. Love Tina.
wow, i’ve been a fan of yours for a little while but i’ve been lurking all this time! 🙂 i just read a great blog entry on http://www.foodiewithfamily.com i tend to read mostly cooking blogs and this one kind of touched on one of my deepest fears, not only for myself, but especially for my kids – choking while eating. i thought it was great that she took the time to write an entry after such a traumatic, personal experience, especially since the whole experience was so fresh!
I do love a delurked lurker. Haha. Thank you for reading and for taking the time out to share that post with us.