Foster Adoption Blog

09/22/06

Hey guys, what gives?

Posted by : Michelle Vandepas in Foster Adoption Blog at 07:10 am , 375 words, 95 views  
Categories: Foster-Adopt General
Over on the older adoption blog I’ve posted the first 50 facts of 100 things about me.

Once I finish that list I might be inspired to do another 100 over on this blog.

This is a blogger tradition, that after you’ve blogged 100 times, you post 100 miscellaneous trivia about yourself.

I supposed it is so your readers can evaluate if they have guessed correctly about you.

Sort of like thinking what someone might look like before you met them, and then Bam Wow Surprise! You got it all wrong. That short, skinny, dark haired woman in your imagination is actually very very fat with mean eyes and a Rosie haircut.

You can never tell about people.

It’s the assumptions that makes us get it wrong.

I’m always wondering about my readers. I know I have a few, but who are they? What kinds of families to they come from? How has adoption and foster care affected them?

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So I’m asking.

What are your interests, goals, dreams?

Which type of posts are interesting to you?

I wrote hours of posts about Ricky, and only got a comment or two. Were you bored?

I caused a bit of a stir when I was concerned about being a racially mixed family, is it the controversy that makes it interesting?

Sometimes I post a blog and just KNOW it'll get a comment or two. Never does.

Then, another post, that I whipped out in a frenzy as I was late for an appointment, will get a flurry of emails.

What gives?

Do you need the How To stuff? I know a few readers do. Some of you are just getting started and I'm trying to be realistic about the emotional toll and the paperwork involved.

But do you care to read about it?

What about the details of my own journey to fost-adopt again?

The fingerprinting saga for instance?

I’m not saying I’ll actually change what I write, sitting down every morning to detail my life will continue as I’m inspired, and this is, after all, my blog.

But I'm curious.

I'll add more topics of interest to you if I can.

Just let me know.


Ok?

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Comments, Pingbacks:

Comment from: Coley S. [Member] Email · http://unplanned-pregnancy.adoptionblogs.com/
I didn't know that blogging tradition. I'll have to attempt it when I get to 100 posts. :)
PermalinkPermalink 09/22/06 @ 08:01
Comment from: robin [Member] Email
YOu are the only blogger I read. So that must say something pretty awesome about your writing.
PermalinkPermalink 09/22/06 @ 14:13
Comment from: tigercindy [Member] Email
I have been seeing a lot of people asking for the readers to tell them what they want to read about... and I just plain don't know how to answer this question. I kinda read all the blogs but rarely respond because I have a very slow computer. I read what interests me at that moment. A good lead in, a good picture and prior experience that the writer has something to say that was worthy of a read will cause me to look further. (There are some blogs that I purposely don't read simply because of past issues with grammar, syntax & spelling errors that drive me nuts but those are few and far between)

I know I enjoy the personal stories more than the technical things, but that is more because of where we are in our adoption journey. (Does this help at all???)

Cindy
PermalinkPermalink 09/22/06 @ 20:31
Comment from: sharonie [Member] Email
I really enjoyed reading the first 50 facts about you and can't wait for the next 50!
PermalinkPermalink 09/22/06 @ 21:23
Comment from: Michelle Vandepas [Member] Email · http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/
Coley: I think it was started on a webring somewhere.

Robin: I'd be flattered if I didn't know better:

Cindy: Thanks for the input - photos are always a challenge for me.

Sharon: I'm working on them.

And to the email responses - Thanks! I'm just going to keep doing as I'm doing.
PermalinkPermalink 09/23/06 @ 10:21
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