tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post2779465866839607777..comments2024-03-06T06:00:01.594-05:00Comments on Micah Six Eight: Along Came Facebook...Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814524050417570766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-32158769464605285692015-11-08T10:22:56.032-05:002015-11-08T10:22:56.032-05:00Thanks for blogging, Julie!! I read often and cat...Thanks for blogging, Julie!! I read often and catch-up whenever I can't be online for a time and miss a segment or two... Just reading this the night before John's surgery as I play "catch-up." You and yours...and those who don't know their families yet, are on my heart with you. May He provide!!Sharon R Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-44854415439831508462015-10-31T18:32:36.346-04:002015-10-31T18:32:36.346-04:00Thank you for not quitting! I really miss how stro...Thank you for not quitting! I really miss how strong the blogging community was a few years ago. Families that I fought for, sent what I could to their fundraisers, and prayed and followed their journey's from YEARS ago, have slowly all disappeared. I wonder how their littles are doing. I wonder if their heart for the orphan has changed. Only a few remain, and I pray all the time they stay. Not because I am nosy (although I do love following "my" babies as they come home, grow, become healthy, and are nurtured to become the amazing little people they are!) <br />I dont do facebook, at all. For the reasons you mentioned. Too much "noise" things POP and make a loud noise but then are forgotten just as quickly and the remnants are swept up and arent seen again. <br /><br />Sometimes I hope the original bloggers come back. The trolls never stay long. They're trolls!! They move on, or find some other nasty thing to dedicate their time to. When you persevere they lose! <br /><br />I would not know about so many things if it weren't for the blogs. I wouldn't have grown my heart even larger for the special needs child without the blogs. I wouldn't have been prepared for the journey that my own niece had to take when fighting brain cancer, and subsequently now being on long term palliative care with a traumatic brain injury... without some of these blogs. <br /><br />I mourn every time a blog "ends" or goes flat. All the babies who no longer have anyone fighting for them. A viral post feels good. It feels productive, but it really isn't, as you pointed out. People like! People comment. People share.... but people don't leave the app! They don't go learn more. They don't go fight. They don't go shouting. <br /><br />I hope you continue to stick it out, and perhaps some of the originals start to trickle back when the fun of the FAST AND EASY social media becomes too rote and menial. <br /><br />Thank you for continuing to shout! I've been following since before Aaron came home! xoxoJulia (too!)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-84682037856846479542015-10-31T08:32:49.695-04:002015-10-31T08:32:49.695-04:00Have you thought of doing both facebook and bloggi...Have you thought of doing both facebook and blogging? With a facebook soundbite you can add a link to a more in depth blog post. It's true, the reality is heading to more rapid short exchanges on social media but... we also know that once these brief posts and images capture attention, people are MUCH more likely to click for more information. You can also use a hashtag for more media exposure. This is what marketing writers have explained to me and it makes sense to me as a psychologist. It might feel distasteful to think of it this way (marketing- oy!), but the bottom line is the importance to reach as many people as possible about the children who are suffering and forgotten. JLH114https://www.blogger.com/profile/10422430076127779117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-48639014471777165912015-10-29T12:05:09.807-04:002015-10-29T12:05:09.807-04:00Thank you for the encouragement to continue. With...Thank you for the encouragement to continue. With Brooke's passing, it has been even harder to open up our lives for everyone's opinions and judgement. But we were encouraged to move forward in special needs adoption because another family opened their lives up through a magazine article...<br /><br />I think that it is also discouraging to see the number of children being adopted dwindle each year - but that should instead be the battle cry that rallies us onward, God has not lost His power to call His people - that is the only reason we do what we do...all by His grace and power. Amy JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-3396222946122628322015-10-29T10:51:32.218-04:002015-10-29T10:51:32.218-04:00Oh Julia!! Don't stop blogging! Your blog is s...Oh Julia!! Don't stop blogging! Your blog is so precious to us! Not just because it brought us to Toby, but also because it has broken our hearts wide open to the plight of other lost boys. We will never be the same! We never had Facebook before this adoption...and we plan to go back to a life without Facebook after Toby is home. We need your words to keep opening our eyes and hearts...showing us how to pray and act! I have been sharing your words on our blog and will continue to do so! We love your heart and the huge role you have played in getting us to our lost son!!!! Thank you!Kameron Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344816484277284183noreply@blogger.com