Google the question Is Blogging Dead? and you get hundreds upon hundreds of, ironically enough, blog posts discussing just that.
Maybe in some circles blogging is dying. Maybe in other circles blogging is simply changing and evolving. I know there is one circle where blogging is alive, it’s growing and, I think, is in no danger of dying out. That is the wide and varied circle made up of moms who blog.
Why? Because mom blogs are not generally just about raking in ad revue or selling swamp land in Florida. They’re about connecting.
Some moms blog about family life, some about being a WHAM, some about photography, some about being frugal. The subjects are as unique and diverse as the women who write about them. But ask moms who blog, and most will tell you it started out as a desire to share and reach out beyond themselves.
You can pour out your heart on your blog, and receive a dozen supportive comments from other moms in the same situation.
You can read a post from another mom, and know you’re not the only one.
There are so many women out there who’s writing moves us to tears, brings a smile to our face, makes us laugh out loud. Because they are putting into words feelings and experiences that we all share.
This circle of moms who blog is a community in a world where community is becoming increasingly rare. We’re so busy with so many activities, there isn’t time for weekly coffee klatches and bridge clubs. But at nap time or the end of the day when the kids are in bed, we can steal a few minutes with the computer.
Some worry that social media is driving us into our homes and away from each other. But for moms who are often isolated already by their family responsibilities blogging, Facebook, and Twitter are all ways to say in touch with the rest of the world. And blogging, more than any of those mediums, allows us to express ourselves fully.
As long as women are giving birth and raising children there will be the need to vent, to express joy, to share sorrows.
And they will blog about it.
Amen sister! I’ve evolved my one blog into two and I am sure there is a third to come alive from the original as well. I have a cooking blog and a craft blog but I still need a venting blog. yep. Facebook and Twitter just won’t make do for that.
I found you through SITS.
I think you are absolutely correct. I stay at home with my daughter and we are a one car family (which my husband uses for work) so there is no visits to the coffee shop for me during the day. Blogging and connecting over the internet is like a life line for me.
I read somewhere that 60 percent of all new bloggers give up within the first 3 months. Keeping up the connections and generating the content are a lot of work, but I relish the challenge! BTW, celebrating my 2nd blogoversary at the end of March…
PREACH IT SISTER! blogging gives me something to look forward to i get excited about sharing my recipe or whatever it may be on the blog. i LOVE reading other blogs and i must say that 99% of the blogs that i read are written….by…..MOMS!
No, I think it will continue too. But twitter and facebook took some folks. Oh well!
I think that many people do a lot of Facebook or Tweeting, but any of my friends that do it never started a blog anyway. Personally, Facebook and Twitter are ok, but there is not a way to really completely express yourself in 140 words or less.
Great post!
Stopping by from SITS.
Well spoken!!! (Typed actually)
I love blogging and am oh so thankful for it and all the moms who participate! Like you!!
Popped in from SITS! This is a fascinating post. I agree–I think blogging is evolving, just like writing and the Internet buisness is.
Amen blogging sista! I have recently been feeling a little down about blogging. I was feeling like why bother, why did I start in the first place. Thanks for the shot in the arm.
Cara
You’re right about maybe some circles dying. At the core blogging should be about connecting and relating with other Moms. I love reading other Moms posts and thinking “oh thank GAWD it’s not just ME!”. That’s what it all about!