I’ve been pretty busy with life and it’s been a while since
my last post. Not that I haven’t been blogging, I have, but for a couple of
other groups I’ve added into my mix. I work full time, parent full time and try
to include my blog and other exciting opportunities in my monthly routine as
best as I can.
Three years ago, when I started this blog, I thought to
myself, I will make something of it. Blogging is hard to keep up and many lose
their momentum. When I started blogging my purpose was to reach other parents
of premature children, as well as multiple-births children. I wanted this blog
to take off and blossom. I was on maternity leave when I started
Twintrospectives and was able to squeeze in lots of blog writing during nap
times. Little did I know how connected I would become to the parents I aimed to
reach, right across the world! Initially I worked hard to participate in blog
hops to share the details of my new blog and it was very exciting to see new
comments and visits to my blog.
In the early days, I didn’t know where this blogging thing
would take me, but I was pretty determined to make something of it. I wasn’t
setting out to monetize my blog (back when I didn’t actually know what
monetizing meant), rather I truly wanted to connect with others or at the very
least share my thoughts and opinions on raising premature babies and hope that
someone would either get a good laugh out of some of my predicaments or
identify with my experiences and feel like they’re not alone.
This blog has given me the confidence to reach out to the
preemie community and connect in ways I never imagined. The conversations that
have stemmed from this blog and Twitter have led to new friendships and
professional connections. I am so grateful for both!
The biggest thing the existence of this blog has taught me
is that if you take the time to say something that matters to you with complete
honesty, people will listen and respond. Doors you didn’t realize existed will
open.
I’d love for you to check out some of the groups and
organizations I am working with now, which has so much to do with having
started this blog 3 years ago.
