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Before I was a blogger, when I gave my husband, my kids and my home 100% of my attention, I was itching for something else. A creative outlet that would let me make something that was just mine. I dabbled in hobbies – crocheting was a disaster, scrapbooking was laughable, I only made half of the top of a quilt.
And then I found blogging.
I was made to be a blogger. Raised by teachers, surrounded by books and words, a Bachelor’s Degree that basically says yep, you know how to use words to explain your thoughts and ideas. When I found blogging, it was like it had been created for my exact skills.
Technorati was tracking 70 million blogs in 2005, the year I started. That might be the case, but the Mommyblog community was certainly much, much smaller than it is now. My original blogroll had about 18 blogs on it, many of which are still around in some form. If I remember correctly, around 700 bloggers attended the BlogHer 2006 conference.
I think the current blog count is around 110 million, but that’s only the ones Technorati knows about. And I think BlogHer sold 1500 tickets to BlogHer ’10.
I think it’s terrific that so many other people obviously feel the way I do – that they were made to blog. When I talk to other bloggers at conferences and events, they all say a version of the same thing – blogging was the outlet they had been looking for. Blogging lets us be insightful, informative, creative, controversial, confrontational, whatever we need to express.
The women (and men) I have met through blogging are all, with few exceptions, incredibly generous people. Every time a group of bloggers bands together online to help someone else get through a tough time, I feel proud to be part of such an amazing group.
In 12 days I’m getting on a plane and flying to New York City for BlogHer ’10. I am going to spend four days surrounded by people who understand exactly what it is that I do. People who are as passionate about blogging as I am. People who have never met me before but will hug me simply because they’ve read this blog.
There’s nothing else I can imagine doing that would give me that kind of experience. THIS is where I belong.
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