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• Nov. 9, 2007 - Blogging: Mass Communication

Posted in Uncategorically Speaking

We just finished watching Band of Bloggers on the History Channel. The program was moving and powerful, and proves that blogs can be moving and powerful as well. Especially the blogs of those who have something to say.

Band of Bloggers was about the blogs of some of those who served in Iraq. This war has been like no other for many reasons; the weapons, the technology, the communication.

Both Dear Man and I served in the military during the Gulf War. The only communication available to us was letters and phone calls. Those were too few and too far between because we had to wait until the ship pulled into port. On Dear Man's last cruise e-mail capabilities for the sailors aboard ship was just starting. He was allowed one e-mail a week or something like that. I didn't get very many of them, in part because he wasn't allowed to say much and second because everything was read by someone. An idea that, at that time, was not welcome to him.

Now sailors and soldiers can e-mail, IM, and blog almost daily. They can share their experiences almost instantaneously with words, photos, and videos. It gives them not only an opportunity to stay in touch with family, it gives them a voice to the world.

While the life of a mother isn't as exciting as a soldier in the middle of a war zone, blogs have given mothers a voice to the world as well. We prove that our days are not dull, that we do actually love what we do, and that our lives are fulfilling. We can refute feminist propaganda, not with just one or two letters to the editor, but by the hundreds with our blog posts to the world.

I don't believe that blogging is a fad. Communication has never been a fad. It evolves. One day there may not be blogs anymore but not because everyone has had their fill of it. It will be because communication will move on to the next step.

Until then, keep reading and writing the blogs.

• Nov. 9, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by skdenfeld

I could not agree with you more.

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• Nov. 9, 2007 - great thoughts..........

Posted by JacqueDixonSoulRestES

I totally agree that blogs and blogging are not just a fad. I believe they are not only online journals, but a whole new world to live in. Obviously, we can't make it the only world we live in, but meshing the two worlds together makes for a life that includes many opportunities and friends.
I don't know if I agree with you on this, tho: "While the life of a mother isn't as exciting as a soldier in the middle of a war zone,...."
Who says it isn't as exciting? ;)
blessings,
~Jacque

Edited by JacqueDixonSoulRestES on Nov. 10, 2007 at 1:46 AM

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• Nov. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kellieann

Thanks for posting this! I think it is all too true. Over 2 years ago, I had never heard of a blog and had no idea what they were. Now they are powerful tools (or outlets in my case) in the hands of the right people.

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• Nov. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by drewsfamilytx

Absolutely right, Tia!

This whole internet thing has just grown leaps and bounds over the past 10 years. My kids were fascinated when I told them stories of pre-computer, pre-internet, pre-cellphone and pre-remote control times!

It made me feel really old.

I wonder if this is how the people felt when the telephone first came out...

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• Nov. 10, 2007 - Great Post

Posted by SteveWalden

Very insightful on communications. Blogging will someday be replaced by something even more immediate and intimate, but that day seems a long way off.

With it being Veteran's Day, I want to thank you and your husband for your service. It means very much to me.

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• Nov. 12, 2007 - Hello

Posted by Jennifer

I haven't talked to you in a while and thought I would be able to get in contact with you this way. I guess I could pick the phone up, but I don't always like talking on the phone. LOL Funny I am posting this on a communication blog.

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• Nov. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by floridasunsets

Won't it be interesting to see what that next step might be!? Thank you for the excellent post. I think it's amazing how much our military is able to communicate with us on a daily basis. I'm saddened, though, that the people who need to hear it the most, the ones who just dont understand what is really going on, don't tune in. It would be so much better for our military if they just had the public support that they deserve. Sigh.
Betty

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• Nov. 16, 2007 - Next Step

Posted by Glory

My blog posts are in my head while I'm sorting laundry and scrubbing dishes, so maybe the next step could be a blog we just transmit our thoughts to as we go about our work!

I love blogging-thanks for your encouragement. Sometimes I feel a little strange when talking about blogging to people who don't do it (yet!), so it was nice to read your thoughts.

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• Nov. 17, 2007 - <<<<<<<THANK YOU!!!!>>>>>>>>>>

Posted by peppermintpatti

Thank you and your Dear Man for your service to our country! I can't wait to tell the kids that I know a homeschooling mommy and daddy that also served our country in war! They will think that is so very cool!! And you are so right about the communication thing! I pray that the means of communication available to our soldiers today will HELP them in their efforts and lift their spirits when they are down!
Thanks for reminding us that we are not all alone in this blogging world!
Until next time,
Patti

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• Nov. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by SandBetweenMyToes

I don't think I'll ever fall into that category of people with something important to say, but it has been amazing to me that sometimes the simplest post will get a comment of thanks for sharing, and telling me what an encouragement I have been. I hope if nothing else that my comments to the blogs I visit will be an encouragement that day and a hug. We may never know what effect our words will have on another.
I thank you,too, for your service to this country. I sacrifice that this woman could not fathom. I am so thankful that servicemen/women are now able to communicate with their families much more. How great that must be for their moral.
Letitia

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• Nov. 21, 2007 - Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by creativehsmom

Just stopping by to wish you and your
family a Very Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
For His loving kindness is everlasting. Psalm 136:3

Love, Cathy

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• Nov. 22, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by KarenW

You're so right! I don't think blogging is a fad any more that the telephone is. It's a communication tool. And these days, I blog to communicate much more often than I pick up the phone.

Happy Thanksgiving!

http://www.woodward-family.com/karenwoodward/blog.html

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• Nov. 22, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by KarenW

PS

I haven't been by in a while. I love your new template!

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• Nov. 26, 2007 - Good thoughts

Posted by hugabunchmom

You are right about blogging, although recently I have lagged, greatly. It is good to be catching up. And I will go out this week and buy my liquid graphite pencil and check it out! :-) Hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving.

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