Blogging can be likened to having a child.
When you first start out,
You are expectant. Then you have anguish over everything being okay.
Then you labour over it endlessly.
You nourish it diligently. It takes up all your time and you lose sleep.
You pray that it will grow and be a good child.
…But the growth seems slow.
You worry some more that it’s a slow child suffering some developmental challenges.
Then you pray some more, nourish some more and begin to look for professional or elderly advise.
You hope that every friend that drops by would say ‘oh what a beautiful child you’ve got.‘
Then there’s a growth spurt and you finally feel some pride.
…And the cycle continues.
Some even go ahead to have more blog babies 🙂
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Cute and exactly how it feels!
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Thank you Diane 🙂
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Oh.. You captured it so well, Jacq. 🙂 Thi is how it felt, though, when I was starting I was more of anxious than expectant. 🙂
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Honestly, I felt and still feel a whole lot of that 🙂
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Oh that is why. ❤
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lol well said! I decided to go ahead and have another! Great analogy!
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Ah! That’s true. You are nursing two children 🙂
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🙂 Yes little NihongoJapango is walking now and all over the place while “You inspire me” is beginning to crawl!
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🙂 I love your descriptions.
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Ah, this is exactly how it is…:)
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I feel that way at times, like I am raising a child 🙂
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Ha, yes 🙂
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Yes, that’s pretty much how things are with my blog. I wish there were more growth spurts and a fewer developmental challenges, though. 🙂
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The growth spurts are really hard to come by. It sometimes seem like a drag and the developmental challenges are just bleh 😉
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That’s quite right, Jacqueline. Pure bleh is just what they are. 🙂
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I’m at the nourishing stage- my baby is only 2 mths. 😀
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Not to worry. The blog baby will grow in spurts 🙂
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Aww… This is a wonderful analogy! I couldn’t agree more! 😀
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I was just thinking about all the effort that I am putting in and it clicked.
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You have a very creative mind! 🙂
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Thank you dear 🙂
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You’re welcome, my friend 🙂
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The line about some going ahead to have more blog babies got me chuckling. 🙂
Great picture you painted there. And it all depends on why one is blogging and what the blog is about.
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True. Some have subject specific blogs.
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Cute post, Jacqueline!
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Thanks Joy 🙂
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Well said. Thank you.
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Thank you too 🙂
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You’ve got a beautiful child – of that I’m sure! Hope you are well, Jackie! xo
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Dear Kelly, thank you so much for your kind words. It’s been a roller coaster life, otherwise all is well. My regards 🙂
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I hope you mean that in the best possible way! I love roller coasters! Have a lovely day! xo
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You too Kelly. Yeah, it’s in a good way 🙂 My regards
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wow that is so accurate! I’m glad I am not the only one wondering what I’m doing here!
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🙂 ha! I know right.
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How right you are! 🙂
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Thank you Judy 🙂
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The analogies in this post are spot on beautiful writing Momma.
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Thank you so much Bernadette. I was fretting over something on my blog when the thought came to me that I only fret over my children, then I started laughing 🙂
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This made me chuckle – love it 😀
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I am happy that I made you smile. Thank you Ruth 🙂
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Spot on and you’ve reminded me that I should attend to my other blog baby!
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Ah sis, You are nursing two 🙂
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I’ve birthed about 25…hoping this one won’t run away like all the rest…
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Quick! Shut the door and don’t let him run away 😉
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Hahahahahaha!
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well our ‘baby’ bloggies have not yet reached One but they are starting to run around toddler style sometimes whoo keeping up with the people who stop in or fly past 😀
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That’s quite true. It’s really a busy blog baby toddling around 😉
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Wow. Great post. I am am on week 3-4 of blogging and I already feel some of the things you describe. pretty cool insight.
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Thank you for your comments Paula. Welcome to the blogging World. You will enjoy it 🙂
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You said it perfectly, that’s exactly how I felt when i started blogging
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Yep. I feel as if I am at the toddling and teething stage 😉
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But we know you’ve never had this problem lol
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You think so 😉
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