Tag, I'm It.

I got tagged by my blogging friend Jdaniel4smom to respond to seven blog related questions.  Usually I skip these kinds of things, but this one seemed interesting because it's all about blogging. 

1.  My most beautiful moment (blogging):  This is tough!  I'm going to pick the post where I wrote about My Struggle to Breastfeed the Twins because it was the first time I opened up about a difficult time in my life on my blog in hopes that it might help others in some way.  And also because it had a happy ending.

2.  A post that didn't get the attention I thought it deserved:  The Twins' Birth Story.  I gave birth to them naturally and without drugs.  I know when I was pregnant with the twins I surfed the web a lot looking for success stories of mothers who had been able to birth twins naturally, and I didn't find much out there.  I blogged this post early on in my blog adventures, though, during a time my blog was still fairly new, so I think that's partly why it didn't get many hits.

3.  My most popular post:  That would have to be How the Stomach Looks after Twins.  This post still gets a lot of hits. I completely obsessed over googled a similar search myself when I was pregnant with the twins, so I suspected it might be popular when I wrote it.  It took me a while to work up the nerve to actually post it though.

4.  My most controversial blog:  I don't think I've had one.  I try to keep it pretty clean and simple, and not to offend people.  I will say that every time I write a piece of fiction, I lose a follower (once I lost two).  Sometimes the fiction I write borders on edgy, so I guess that's why.  Either that, or my stories just REALLY STINK.  Hmmmm.

5.  My most helpful post:  Judging from things people google that brings them to my blog, it would either have to be How to Make a Duck Tape Change Purse, Virtual Active DVD Runs for your Treadmill, or Nothing Rosie about Roseola (people come to see pictures of the rash).

6.  A post whose success surprised me:  Chicken Dust.  I got some really nice comments on this post, but when I wrote it I was just writing out my thoughts, and didn't realize people would enjoy it so much.

7.  The post I'm most proud of:  Dinosaur Day.  This was my very first blog post, so it started the whole thing.  And I think it captures from the beginning the type of parent I try to be - I'm not always there every day, but I try.

Now I'm supposed to tag 5 blog friends to participate as well, if they so choose. I've deliberately chosen a few folks that I know have been very consistently blogging for a long time, so that they too can dredge up some old posts if they'd like.  Sorry I couldn't choose everyone!

Nancy from A Rural Journal
Mary from The Englar Fam
Angela from WV Treasures
Jeremi at Ella and Zoe
Valerie at For the Love of Pete