Why do YOU blog?

This question as asked of me the other day...



I recently started a BLOG for the girls to allow family and friends see what we are up to. It kinda came out when I was asked what made me think to start a blog for the girls, I said well I have my own BLOG that no one has read... then the question was asked... The person meant no harm just in my opinion curious as to why I would put my life out there and why was I interested in reading about other people's lives.

At the beginning of my If journey I began to read MAY.DAY.GIRL's Blog, mostly b/c she frequently posted on the nest and I got to know her story. One night I sat and read her Blog from the beginning... I was so impressed not only was she very candid about what she was going through she got was amazing support from her readers... I decided to start blogging b/c I wanted to start to document our journey and if someone happened to read it great if ot no problem too if they did read maybe I would get some support because I was not getting it from the people in my real life.

It felt weird at first talking about my treatment, my feelings and my days with complete strangers, but soon it became my therapy. I allowed myself to be very vulnerable in my writing and allowed these strangers to read, now I have never leaked my Blog to anyone in my real life b/c this was MY place, not even DH has read it, but he knows about it.

After a while I was getting so much support from my readers and I felt some HOPE. I started reading other peoples blog and felt connected to them. And wanted to cheer them on. I have prayed for most of my constant readers and I know they have prayed for me. I have cried tears of joy at posts who have gotten BFPs and cried tears of anger at the BFNs. On some level I feel like I KNOW these ladies personally... I mean how could you not they are spilling their life to us.

Many have become my friends and I will continue to support them all the way through parenthood.

Blogging helps me feel connected to the IF community b/c in my real life I do not get to talk about IF out loud (christy we NEED to get together).

I Blog b/c it has helped me in so many ways and have created a huge support system for me during a time I felt nothing but hopelessness.

So there it is, why I BLOG... WHY DO YOU?