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.
{ 10 comments }
