The one where I ponder how much is too much to share …
I’m trying to make my way through the confusing world of blogging. I want to write. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I’d also like to build my following because while journaling and blogging are therapeutic and rewards in and of themselves I’d like to think that I’m not talking to myself. (I do that enough in real life)
Last night as I wandered through the Twitterverse, which by the way is my new favorite place. I love Twitter. That’s a topic for another time. Back to the topic at hand, last night while reading my Twitter feed I came across a Tweet from MckMama. It was a link to her blog for an entry telling the story of how she told her husband that they were pregnant with their fifth child. It was a cute idea and I recommend you read it if you are interested.
Now I like MckMama and I read her blog every day. I along with thousands of others prayed for baby Stellan and rejoiced when he was finally healed. Last night’s post just rubbed me the wrong way. Not the writing, but the video shared in the same post. Along with her story she shared a video of the event. Something about sharing that intimate moment put me off. I believe that some moments are meant to be intimate and private. In my opinion this is one of those moments to be shared between husband and wife and not the whole blog reading universe.
Watching this moment unfold before me made me question my own future as a blogger. Is this what it takes to be a good and successful (read: popular) blogger these days? Must we share every intimate detail of our lives? If so, I’m never going to be widely read, popular blogger because there are things that I just don’t feel comfortable sharing with the world.
I worry about what to share and what to say and what’s mine to tell. I think that I have a pretty good idea as to where my personal line is in terms of what to share and what not to share. But I wonder if people will read blogs that do not share every intimate moment of the blogger’s life. Is it the voyeuristic peep into people’s lives that make blogs interesting?
My dear readers (all 4 of you. LOL) and fellow bloggers. I’d love to read you opinion on how much is too much in terms of sharing and what makes a blog interesting for you to read.
Now then … Please Note …
I should also say that I am not anti-MckMama and I have nothing to do with any of that Internet nonsense. It was just her post that caught my attention last night. It could easily have been someone else’s blog. I’ll still read her every day and I’ll still follow her on Twitter. These are my meanderings about what feels right for me to share and where I fit in to the Blogosphere nothing more, nothing less. Thanks for reading!
