It's A Small World Out There

I am obsessed with blogs. I am reading them and finding new ones every day. It is like reading a book to me. It is finding out about what is going on in someones life, their deepest struggles and their triumphs. After reading a while, you feel like you know these people. I think a lot of times, people are more open on a blog than they are in real life. Blog readers "know" some of these people better than their close friends.

Every morning, I get up, drink my coffee and visit all of my regular blogs to find out what is going on in their lives. It is funny because some of my IRL friends also read the same blogs and we talk about these people like they are our next door neighbor.

That leads me to what a small world this. It is amazing how I can read a blog from someone in California and one of their regular readers is someone I read regularly. (I know this by reading their sidebar, but I am too technologically challenged to figure out how to add a sidebar). Everyone has some kind of connection somewhere. (Everyone seems to know BooMama). I have a new blog obsession I will tell you about.

For 8 years, our family was a "Transitional Care" family for The Gladney Center. It is a fancy title for volunteer foster parents. If a baby, for legal reasons, could not go directly to the adoptive parents, it would come live with us. Most of the time, I would pick them up at the hospital, some being less than 24 hours old. We would keep them until the legal work was complete, anywhere from a few days to 3 1/2 months. During the 8 year period, we took care of 60 newborns. It was very exhausting, but one of the greatest experiences of my life. I loved every minute of it. That being said, I love babies.

During my blog reading, I have found several blogs of triplets and quadruplets. These are so fun to read. If they have already delivered, I go back to their first post and read from the beginning. It is just like reading a book. (I have been known to bring my laptop to bed with me). I am currently anxiously awaiting the birth of quads from an adorable girl named Suz that lives in my area. Karen is expecting triplets any day now. I also recently found two more girls, Joy and Amy that just found out they are pregnant with triplets.

Another thing about the "bloggy world" is that you feel a connection to these people and pray for them. Prayer is powerful and we all can use all the prayers we can get. If you visit their blogs, please be sure to lift them up. I am sure they will be grateful!