Friday, July 26, 2013

Audience

I love the fact that although I am aware that this blog isn't read by anyone other than me right now, I still continue to write as though there is an audience.  I've always written here with that underlying assumption- whether it is true or not.

There are things I need to write about and some might be easier to post if I could be 100% sure that no one other than me would stumble upon this little blog of mine.  That isn't really the point though, is it?  I think part of me has to believe that someone will eventually read this stuff.  Otherwise, why wouldn't I just use a traditional journal or a format other than one that resides on the internet?

I scheduled an entry to post next week.  It's an important one for me.  It is vastly different from anything I've ever written about here.  I have many fears about having it actually post and even more terrifying is the idea that someone other than me might actually read it.

It's part of a long journey of healing that I've been on and I think it's just time for me to take this step.  I am praying for the courage to keep it on the schedule.

I hope that I can reconnect with a little blogging community.  I definitely felt such a sense of support when I used to both write and read blogs more regularly. I've gradually lost touch with that because I started wondering if I had anything to write that was worthy of a blog post.  I need to let go of that worry.

This blog is a story, my story, daily life with my family, a little piece of me.  An audience is nice, no doubt, but in the end the story is the essential piece.  An audience is just a bonus.

2 comments:

Emily said...

For what it's worth, I am still reading! :) I will pray that you are able to share what you need to share.

I know what you mean. Over on my own blog, it used to be a sort of online community of moms with kids in similar stages, but most of those women aren't blogging/reading anymore. Now it's almost entirely people that I know in real life who are just checking on what we've been up to. They hardly ever comment on the blog, but they comment in person about things I post. Otherwise I'm not sure I would keep it up, because it appears (from the lack of comments) that no one is reading. :)

StephLove said...

I'm glad to see you're still writing and thanks for coming to my blog.