I've recently been working on a blog makeover- are you excited to see the new look? I can't wait!
Anyway, as I've been spending time thinking about how I want my blog to look, I've also spent a lot of time thinking about the content of my blog. What do I write about and why? And is this how I want to use this space?
When I look back at my archives I cringe so often that I look like I'm having convulsions. I've been blogging in this space since I was 23 years old. I've grown up since then. My thoughts- and how I think- have been reformed. My relationships with God and others have undergone a complete renovation. My focus? I've had corrective eye surgery and see things with clearer vision these days.
What I write about is obvious from my most common category tags: adoption, Abigail, Anna, JohnAndrew, Ava Joy, family, ethics, health, motherhood/parenting, pregnancy/breastfeeding.
But I've outgrown some of these topics. I do still write about adoption occasionally, but usually in reference to adoption ethics. I may continue writing about breastfeeding, but generally because of advocacy reasons. Pregnancy? I probably won't have much to say about that anymore, either.
So here is what I've decided. I want to use this space intentionally (ugh, what an over-used word, I know!) I want to share about my family, certainly, as this is a great way for friends far and near to keep up-to-date on our lives.
But I also want to use this space to advocate for those issues that are dear to my heart: the hard parts of transracial adoption; race and racism in the US; attachment in adoption and step-parent adoption; my growing faith and dependence on the Lord; parenting. I want to lend this space to guest bloggers who want to have a platform for expressing ideas that can change the world.
To do that means I need to start talking about some of my failings. I need to be open about the way our family is less than perfect... theway many ways I am less than perfect. I need to be humble. And we know that is often a tough pill to swallow.
So I'm working on some posts.... some soul-baring, flaw-revealing, crawling-on-my-knees-to-Jesus posts.
And it's hard.
But in the mean time, what would you like to see more of? What do you enjoy here? And what aspects of your life do you feel are most difficult for you to share on your blog?
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Anyway, as I've been spending time thinking about how I want my blog to look, I've also spent a lot of time thinking about the content of my blog. What do I write about and why? And is this how I want to use this space?
When I look back at my archives I cringe so often that I look like I'm having convulsions. I've been blogging in this space since I was 23 years old. I've grown up since then. My thoughts- and how I think- have been reformed. My relationships with God and others have undergone a complete renovation. My focus? I've had corrective eye surgery and see things with clearer vision these days.
What I write about is obvious from my most common category tags: adoption, Abigail, Anna, JohnAndrew, Ava Joy, family, ethics, health, motherhood/parenting, pregnancy/breastfeeding.
But I've outgrown some of these topics. I do still write about adoption occasionally, but usually in reference to adoption ethics. I may continue writing about breastfeeding, but generally because of advocacy reasons. Pregnancy? I probably won't have much to say about that anymore, either.
So here is what I've decided. I want to use this space intentionally (ugh, what an over-used word, I know!) I want to share about my family, certainly, as this is a great way for friends far and near to keep up-to-date on our lives.
But I also want to use this space to advocate for those issues that are dear to my heart: the hard parts of transracial adoption; race and racism in the US; attachment in adoption and step-parent adoption; my growing faith and dependence on the Lord; parenting. I want to lend this space to guest bloggers who want to have a platform for expressing ideas that can change the world.
To do that means I need to start talking about some of my failings. I need to be open about the way our family is less than perfect... the
So I'm working on some posts.... some soul-baring, flaw-revealing, crawling-on-my-knees-to-Jesus posts.
And it's hard.
But in the mean time, what would you like to see more of? What do you enjoy here? And what aspects of your life do you feel are most difficult for you to share on your blog?
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