My Platform & Women Who Influence It
A few weeks ago Shawn and I were having a conversation about what I wanted my platform for my blog to be. I’d been thinking about this because of this blog post by Anne Jackson of FlowerDust.net and the following question that was asked by Kyle Reed:
“Why is the Christian Blogosphere dominated by Males? Seeing that you, Crystal (Renaud), and a couple of other ladies are the only ones that consistently blog about things beside their children, food, and scrap booking, why is there so few?”
This was Anne’s response:
“I would like to think that it’s because they’re actually out there doing something rather than playing on the internets all day 
Joan Ball who blogs at Belief Net is great too. And click through some of the women on here — you’ll find some hidden gems.”
It got me thinking. What do I want to be – in a sense – promoting about myself.
We don’t have any children and I don’t scrapbook so that takes care of that, but we do plan to have a family someday and there is absolutely nothing wrong with blogging about your children and scrapbooking.
Towards the end of our conversation I said I’d like my blog to be a happy medium. A balance of what is passionate in my heart according to the Gospel and our family. I said like Brandi Wilson. She blogs about her family but also about her church, Compassion, and the things of God.
I’ve learned a lot from some remarkable women bloggers over the last year about life, my Christian walk, being a wife, and one day being a mother. Here are some of them, check them out if you haven’t.
Brandi Wilson @brandiandboys
Heather Whittaker @whittakerwoman
Alece Ronzino @gritandglory
Anne Jackson @flowerdust
Lauren Chandler @laurenchandler
Who are women bloggers you follow and those who have influenced your life and how you blog? I’d love to meet some others.
you have no idea how much it means to have made this list. funny, when i think about blogging for me personally it’s just about recording life. obviously, God and my family are the two larges components in my life. my goal is to record life as it happens for my children. i don’t scrapbook either, but use blogging as virtual scrapbooking so to speak.
i quickly realized that blogging about spiritual matters will help my boys know me better in this season of life that they may be too young to remember.
thank you for your kind words, i’m truly touched!
girl you know you rock my world
thanks for this, friend.
so many women have impacted me through their blogging, but the first that came to mind is tam hodge – http://kassota.wordpress.com/ (@inprogress)
she’s raw, real, transparent. dang, i love her.
I just started reading her blog a few weeks ago.
I was JUST going to post Tammy’s blog as well. I’ve known her since I was 15 (13 years!) and the impact she has had on my life is immeasurable, and that was all BEFORE all this blog stuff. Now she is even more amazing. I hear age does that to you. Don’t tell her I said that. LOL
haha!
Those are the people to hang onto. I’ve been blessed by Tam’s blog in the time I’ve been reading it.