Taking my cue from the ever "highly effective" Alice at Cottage Blessings, I thought I'd share my own list of 7 Highly Effective Homeschool Blogging Habits that make Sweetness and Light worthwhile :) Thanks to Trinity Prep School for encouraging all of us to take a look at why we blog!!
1) Blog because you LOVE to write: This is one of the main reasons I started to blog. It's a joy to write and stretches my creativity, even if my posts are not all that creative.
2) Blog because you never know who you might bring into the Catholic Church because of a post: I love reading and writing about the Saints and I feel they are helpful in inspiring others to see the church through a person's life!
3) Blog because you're children are SO precious you know the only way to record what's going on is through the medium of the computer right now (I know I can't journal, scrapbook, take a zillion pictures, homeschool, cook, clean, play, be a wife and keep my sanity if I try to do it ALL)
4) Blog because the Lord and his Blessed Mother put it on my heart to share myself with others who might be interested in a peek at my and my family's life.
5) Blog because it's a living and learning journal, just like our school is a living and learning school
6) Blog because it's a thing just for ME sometimes: This is probably the ONLY thing I do right now for ME, which is the way I think it should be right now :)
7) Blog because it inspires others to blog and THAT inspires ME!
Well, I'd love your thoughts on these habits/ideas!! I am constantly inspired and moved by so many homeschool blogs out there and appreciate all your visits here. May God bless you in your day!!
Meredith, "Sweetness and Light" has been a gift to all of us since its inception, and it truly lives up to its name. I know it's been a joy to me with every visit!
Thanks for the great list! You make very good points I hadn't even considered before.
Posted by: Alice | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 04:19 PM
These are wonderful and original reasons! Thanks for sharing with us!
Posted by: Amy | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 05:51 PM
I love your reasons!!! They are the absolute best! I already did mine awhile back, but if I were to do them again I would SO copy yours!
Posted by: Theresa | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 06:09 PM
I love your reasons, and I would add (perhaps this is just your nature, or perhaps you do it on purpose) that you blog with an accent on the positive, and that is a great addition to the mom-blogosphere.
Posted by: CityMom | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 07:49 PM
Oh my goodness, I think I'm blushing :) YOU guys are also the main reason I blog, I guess I should have added a habit #8!!! Thank you all so much, you've made my night :)/or day!! Love and Hugs, Meredith
Posted by: Meredith | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 07:54 PM
Meredith,
I love love love Sweetness and Light. I miss you when you are away from blogging. You inspire me!!You truly are sweetness and light to so many of us. God bless you and yours.
Marybeth
Posted by: Marybeth | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 10:05 PM
Wonderful list, Meredith!! Thoughtful, positive and true! Before I started my blog, I followed yours *avidly* and it was here I felt inspired to start my own. God bless you for all the lives you touch. :)
Posted by: Dawn | Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 01:26 PM
Meredith,
Yours is one of the blogs I read regularly, and you ARE inspiring me to want to blog. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Cheryl | Monday, June 12, 2006 at 07:27 PM
Meredith you have a gift for "lists!" One of your early blog entries on why you homeschool and now this list on why to blog has certainly inspired me! God Bless you and your dear ones!
Posted by: kristina | Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 12:59 PM
I love your reasons and your blog. I only began blogging this summer and I find it very uplifting even on days when my life seems down.
I think I will keep on reading ... I am hoping that your spirituality is contagious!
Posted by: Elaine | Friday, October 06, 2006 at 11:20 AM