tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294154635809719055.post8744355619670431506..comments2023-11-03T03:24:25.747-04:00Comments on Which Box?: bookendsWhich Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14223363075283823935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294154635809719055.post-44158537052816385632009-01-15T22:33:00.000-05:002009-01-15T22:33:00.000-05:00Like Tash, this was my alternative to journaling, ...Like Tash, this was my alternative to journaling, which my therapist kept pushing on me. My sister reads it, and that's about the only person IRL that I invited to do so. A few friends know I do it and know that I have made connections with other women who have similar experiences. I am sure they could find it if they tried, but I am not sure if they would. Now I think it's just too personal to share, which probably makes no sense since I share it with the internet. But I just wouldn't want the IRL friends going back and reading it, especially knowing they wouldn't get all the ugly emotions that come with it.CLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030787972960755420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294154635809719055.post-46677975600943510992009-01-15T17:27:00.000-05:002009-01-15T17:27:00.000-05:00I am one of those odd people who did not blog righ...I am one of those odd people who did not blog right after my loss. Basically I started where Niobe is leaving -- after the arrival of my healthy "subsequent baby!" The drastic improvement in my health after that last pregnancy gave me new energy and excitement about life, but it didn't take away memories the horrors I went through in the year before that. I needed to be able to write about the experience of being happy while also harrowed to the core. Because it was a mindfuck that I didn't have an outlet for IRL.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Because I didn't start writing right away, there hasn't been any life event that felt like a big "the end" to my blog. But thematically speaking, I can see why a lot of IF or loss bloggers feel that the arrival of a living child requires them to retire from their old writing hangout.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that once Niobe gets settled in with her new baby that she'll come back with a new blog. I've loved reading her stories in the past few years and will miss her!Wabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325505487775250447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294154635809719055.post-59061408156049243072009-01-15T15:21:00.000-05:002009-01-15T15:21:00.000-05:00Awww... I'm, y'know, blushing. I'm torn about the...Awww... I'm, y'know, blushing. <BR/><BR/>I'm torn about the blogging thing. I like blogging and I have lots to say, but I worry about...about all sorts of things, some irrational, some within the realm of possibility.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294154635809719055.post-83016295973084633522009-01-15T12:24:00.000-05:002009-01-15T12:24:00.000-05:00I started blogging because I thought it would be s...I started blogging because I thought it would be similar to yet somehow easier than journaling. I honestly never expected anyone to read it (I told an online bulletin board of 7 that I'm v. tight with about it, but that's it). I was kinda startled when people started writing comments. <BR/><BR/>I'm more or less separate -- a few acquaintances know, only one good friend, my husband (who never reads). Not my family. And not why you'd think -- I don't want them emotionally invested in me, my recovery, or my decisions. Sometimes I'd honestly like a few family members to read what I have to say.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.com