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I started blogging over 3 1/2 years ago and a lot of things have changed in the blogging world in those years....and I'm not talking about the actual Blogger changes which constantly confound me. I am talking about in my little blogging world. As I have said many times before, I started blogging as a way to record and remember my own family activities and events. The thing that was a surprise to me was the people I got to know and the friends I made through blogging. I met their friends and families. I read about the triumphs and tragedies in their lives. I learned what made them laugh and what made them cry.
Now a lot of those people I met early on are no longer blogging and I miss them. I won't name any specific ex-bloggers because I know I would leave someone out, but I know some of them still read blogs even though they seldom or no longer write one. I especially like getting a comment from a blogger that I met early on that I haven't heard from in a long time.
I know peoples lives and interests and time constraints change. I understand that keeping up with one's own blog and reading other blogs takes time and effort. I don't post as often as I used to and have always been a little sporadic. I am still amazed at people that post every day.
I very much appreciate and enjoy the new blog friends I have made and value those I met in the beginning. I just want to let those who no longer blog but may still be reading that I miss you.
Do you have some old blog friends that you miss and would like to hear from?
I have only been at this for a year, but my experience with blogging is very much as you discribe it in this post. I need to come back here and check out some of your blogging friends.
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I have also seen that some of my "old" blogging friends have stopped posting. I also miss them. I think people just get too busy, or their interests change over time. I have had little time for blogging this summer. I hope folks think I no longer care.
ReplyDeleteShhhhh, I'm flyin' under the radar here 'cause I'm on my summer bloggin' break.
ReplyDeleteI've just come outta nine days and eight nights of Camp Grandma and a tad exhausted.
This old gal simply can't manage the busyness if the Ponderosa and bloggin' too. Seems somethin's gotta give but as sure as it's a dust bowl 'round here, I'll be back! I too have many blog friends I can't seem to live without.
I pray your havin' a super great summer sweetie.
God bless.........flyin' out...(under the radar of course!) Heeehehehehe!
Oh, Jeanie, I know just what you mean. I sometimes wonder if they just stopped caring or just ran out of time. We do form amazing friendships in this little cyber world and when people disappear, it's worrying and sad. I'm sure they are busy, but yes, I miss them.
ReplyDeleteI miss some blogging buddies too.
ReplyDeleteIt seems there are fewer active Bloggers in the summertime. I'm hoping many will return in the Fall.
A lot of them have quit for different reasons. I miss Susan - my first follower. Sandie
ReplyDeletenice post thanks for sharing i found your blog thrue other follower looking for to visit more...blessings from holland
ReplyDeleteA seven-year blogger here. Yes, you said this well. My blog friends have come and gone. Some are on facebook and I see them there. Some just disappeared. A few had arranged or someone to announce their illness or deaths. (I cried for them like I would any friend or family member.) Regardless, blogland is a beautiful place to be and it is a joy to add new friends...like you:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing this one, Jeanie! It is so unfortunate, especially in my case, where our lives go in different directions. I don't have the time that I used to, but I am still trying to stay as active as possible. It's like the saying, "People come in and out of our lives for a reason..." I think we need to make the most of our new friends, take what they are offering, and then give them what we can.
ReplyDeleteSorry, last line: Then we can let them go with a smile on our face!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that it's been six months since I did a post, but I am still reading. If you look at my list, at least half of them haven't posted in up to a year - and yet I still keep them on there just in case! I've said before that once you miss a few weeks of posting,it becomes easier and easier to not post. But those connections I made with my blogging friends are not so easy to give up, which is why I keep coming back here!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean...there was a blog I followed and she suddenly stopped blogging...someone made a comment on her post about a tradegy...but they didn't say what it was or if it was the blogger or her family...now I'm just left with lots of unanswered questions...I do think about the people I have met in the past then they just disappear...I guess that happens alot in the real world too...lately hubby and I have been becoming reaqainted with people we haven't seen in over 20 years...I guess all of our children are grown now...so we have a little more time on our hands...
ReplyDeleteHi...just caught up here. I love to see your family updates...great garage sale and so sweet that they wanted to donate their earnings. Man have i been busy. School will start the middle of this month and i am sure things will slow down. We will have to get together again soon. We are trying to plan a camping trip and it is a big pain to figure out a date. I have one more grammy Camp and one more out of town company to entertain. Yes I do miss people that have stopped blogging. I actually posted today because I remember thinking someone might have died that just Stopped posting. (o:
ReplyDeleteCatching up with you, Jeanie. I have to keep In touch with some of my old blog friends by E-mail because they don 't post anymore. I don't like to lose contact with them completely.
ReplyDeleteThree jumped to mind right away...they helped me so much when I first got started. I think people blog for different reasons and for some its just a season. Mine is a place to record family memories more than anything else and I write with my kids in mind. I think it will be fun to have this preserved for when they get to be my age and have grown children of their own.
ReplyDeleteI try to visit a new blog or two every month. Not always successful but I try. I do think blogging in general is much slower in the summertime-the writing and the commenting.
I have been blogging for 6 years now, and like you a lot of the bloggers i got to 'know' well no longer blog. And I miss them too.
ReplyDeleteI think of them often, cos I find it hard to let go of friends.
I feel the same way. Sometimes someone disappears without warning and I worry about them.
ReplyDeleteI guess I am not as sentimental as you, because when a blog becomes dormant or extinct, I usually delete it from my blogroll and favorites list. In fact, I am constantly deleting as well as adding to my lists. That's the way it goes, I guess. It's always in flux.
ReplyDeleteI have found that people change venue over time and some go away and then come back.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad when some people go away completely.
I miss blogging but like you said - time doesn't always permit.
You took the words right out of my mouth! I miss blog friends too.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I'm with Unknown Mami-- the bloggers who disappear without warning often worry me.
You and I have been blogging about the same amount of time and there ARE many bloggers I miss but every now and then I post something that generates a comment from and "old-timer" to let me know they're still stopping by sometimes. That always makes me smile.
I'm amazed at the people who can post daily. I never could, not even in the beginning. I've cut way back lately because sometimes I think I've told all my stories-- But I'm not sure I could give up blogging completely-- There are too many friends I'd miss-- like you!
xo jj
Oh yes, definitely me too. I've been posting everyday just because it's become this weird goal to do it... almost like a job in a way.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there's a number of bloggers that I miss too. There's a few that passed on or became too ill to blog. That was so sad.
I can really relate to this post, Jeanie. Thank you for writing this.
I guess it's doubly hard for me to visit other blogs right now because I've had a guest here and I'm watching the Olympics. :-)
I've missed everyone since I quit writing my blog for awhile, but I did need a break for family reasons and also my house was a mess! I've gotten caught up on the house now and feel better. It's good to be back my friend.
ReplyDeleteThis resonates so, as just tonight I looked at some older posts (looking for one to link up for a linky). As I looked at the comments from a couple years ago, I considered how sad it is that the majority of those ladies commenting, many of them bloggers, are now nowhere online. Yep, I miss them.
ReplyDeleteI feel worried when someone I blog with reguarly disappears. I wish they would at least put an "I'm quitting blogging for now because...' note there.
ReplyDeleteI am always saddened by the transiency of friendships...both real and virtual. It feels like everyone is too busy to reach out.
Absolutely. I think FB made a dent in blogging. It only takes a sentence instead of a post and you really can't do both unless you stay glued to a keyboard. I don't like FB as much. Posts do develop friendships. I can't believe that I used to post nearly every day. I just can't do that anymore. I actually think the impossible happened. I ran out of words.
ReplyDeleteMy life is in seasonal habits and it seemed the posts began to be reruns. As I'm thinking here about what you said, I'm stumbling onto something that maybe would help us all. To get a new perspective on other ideas and events and write about that. I miss taking pictures and writing too. I miss it all so how come I don't do it more?