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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/what-if/#comment-79295</link>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 03:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What would I do? I&#039;d be thrilled and jump up and down, then freak out, then go back to being thrilled, then freak out a little more, then I&#039;d call my mom. After that five minutes was over, I&#039;m not sure.

Would I be ready? I&#039;d like to say I would be, but one thing I&#039;ve noticed in my life is that events never really happen the way I think they would, so probably I&#039;d still have to roll with it. I guess getting better at taking things as they come is my best preparation.

Planning for this? The coaching will help me a lot, like I said, I don&#039;t know that you can say A will happen like this and I will feel B and others will C so I should D, E and F. Instead, I think learning to be a more flexible person with good boundaries and a firm sense of my own values is the best preparation.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tracy´s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/05/27/beef-cheek-casserole/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Beef Cheek Casserole&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What would I do? I&#8217;d be thrilled and jump up and down, then freak out, then go back to being thrilled, then freak out a little more, then I&#8217;d call my mom. After that five minutes was over, I&#8217;m not sure.</p>
<p>Would I be ready? I&#8217;d like to say I would be, but one thing I&#8217;ve noticed in my life is that events never really happen the way I think they would, so probably I&#8217;d still have to roll with it. I guess getting better at taking things as they come is my best preparation.</p>
<p>Planning for this? The coaching will help me a lot, like I said, I don&#8217;t know that you can say A will happen like this and I will feel B and others will C so I should D, E and F. Instead, I think learning to be a more flexible person with good boundaries and a firm sense of my own values is the best preparation.</p>
<p><abbr><em>Tracy´s last blog post..<a href="http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/05/27/beef-cheek-casserole/" rel="nofollow">Beef Cheek Casserole</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Barbara Swafford</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara Swafford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 06:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Alex - I love your answer.  It sounds like you are ready and have some systems in place.  I do hope when it happens, you won&#039;t be a stranger here.  

Hi Jeannette - I agree. Taking things slow would give us the chance to adjust to each new stepping stone.  

Hi Tess - Thank you.  Hiring others would be a great way to give us a chance to revel in the glory.  And yes, you would make a wonderful mentor.  

Hi Patricia - Oh, we are lucky, aren&#039;t we?  Whether 1 person or 1 million people read our blogs, we do have a lot to be grateful for.  And you&#039;re right, being a &quot;star&quot; means a lot more work.

Hi Debbie - Thank you so much for sharing the story of the mom with the little boy who has the life threatening illness. How sad it is the mother had to defend herself to others.  I&#039;m sure the cross she bears is heavy enough already and she certainly didn&#039;t need more added on.  

You&#039;re right.  With celebrity comes scrutiny.  For bloggers, this is a great reminder to ask ourselves what it is we truly want to gain from blogging. It sounds like you now know what that is.  

Hi George - That&#039;s true.  Notoriety would put resources at our fingertips and that&#039;s something that could make the shift to celebrity easier.  

I know.  Whatever happens in your future, you&#039;ll use your powers for the good of others.  You&#039;re just that kinda guy.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Alex &#8211; I love your answer.  It sounds like you are ready and have some systems in place.  I do hope when it happens, you won&#8217;t be a stranger here.  </p>
<p>Hi Jeannette &#8211; I agree. Taking things slow would give us the chance to adjust to each new stepping stone.  </p>
<p>Hi Tess &#8211; Thank you.  Hiring others would be a great way to give us a chance to revel in the glory.  And yes, you would make a wonderful mentor.  </p>
<p>Hi Patricia &#8211; Oh, we are lucky, aren&#8217;t we?  Whether 1 person or 1 million people read our blogs, we do have a lot to be grateful for.  And you&#8217;re right, being a &#8220;star&#8221; means a lot more work.</p>
<p>Hi Debbie &#8211; Thank you so much for sharing the story of the mom with the little boy who has the life threatening illness. How sad it is the mother had to defend herself to others.  I&#8217;m sure the cross she bears is heavy enough already and she certainly didn&#8217;t need more added on.  </p>
<p>You&#8217;re right.  With celebrity comes scrutiny.  For bloggers, this is a great reminder to ask ourselves what it is we truly want to gain from blogging. It sounds like you now know what that is.  </p>
<p>Hi George &#8211; That&#8217;s true.  Notoriety would put resources at our fingertips and that&#8217;s something that could make the shift to celebrity easier.  </p>
<p>I know.  Whatever happens in your future, you&#8217;ll use your powers for the good of others.  You&#8217;re just that kinda guy.  <img src='http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Tumblemoose</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/what-if/#comment-79146</link>
		<dc:creator>Tumblemoose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Barbara,

Interesting that you would post this because that very thing happened to me last week!

Ok, so maybe it didn&#039;t but the important thing is that it could!  And that is what keeps a lot of folks going.

In reality, I&#039;m not sure it would change me too much, although it might change what I do.  It would put resources at my fingertips that are kinda out of reach right now.

Just know that I would use my powers for good, not evil.

:-) George  :-)

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tumblemoose´s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TumblemooseProductions/~3/4LuEyqVQ_DY/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What Kindergarten taught me about writing today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barbara,</p>
<p>Interesting that you would post this because that very thing happened to me last week!</p>
<p>Ok, so maybe it didn&#8217;t but the important thing is that it could!  And that is what keeps a lot of folks going.</p>
<p>In reality, I&#8217;m not sure it would change me too much, although it might change what I do.  It would put resources at my fingertips that are kinda out of reach right now.</p>
<p>Just know that I would use my powers for good, not evil.</p>
<p> <img src='http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  George  <img src='http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><abbr><em>Tumblemoose´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TumblemooseProductions/~3/4LuEyqVQ_DY/" rel="nofollow">What Kindergarten taught me about writing today</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Debbie Yost</title>
		<link>http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/what-if/#comment-79119</link>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Yost</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 02:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been giving this a lot of thought lately.  When I started blogging this is what I wanted.  I wanted to share my stories and struggles with Down syndrome so others could be educated and more accepting.  However, the more I&#039;ve gotten into blogging, the more I see just how many parents are out there blogging about their child.  We all have a story to tell and connect with certain people.  We all have different challenges that not just one of us could cover.  Then there&#039;s the criticism and hate and rude comments.  I just read a post of a mom who had to defend her family getting to go to Make a Which and Hope Kids activities and meeting celebrities. She has a very ill little boy with life threatening problems, no health insurance and an unstable paycheck.  Of course the commentor didn&#039;t have the guts to leave a name.  Believe me, this mom and any other family attending these events would give them up in a heartbeat for a healthy child that you didn&#039;t fear wouldn&#039;t survive another day. 

So between Tracy&#039;s trials and others I&#039;ve seen, I think I&#039;m happy where I am.  I don&#039;t know if one of my posts will ever go viral, although I doubt it, but I&#039;ve made some good friends. I&#039;ve learned a lot from others.  I&#039;ll keep doing my thing for my small following and read and post where I can with respect and kindness for others.  Let the nasty people who have no courage to stand behind their cruel words go somewhere else.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Debbie Yost´s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.my3weddings.com/2009/05/remember-me.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Remember Me?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been giving this a lot of thought lately.  When I started blogging this is what I wanted.  I wanted to share my stories and struggles with Down syndrome so others could be educated and more accepting.  However, the more I&#8217;ve gotten into blogging, the more I see just how many parents are out there blogging about their child.  We all have a story to tell and connect with certain people.  We all have different challenges that not just one of us could cover.  Then there&#8217;s the criticism and hate and rude comments.  I just read a post of a mom who had to defend her family getting to go to Make a Which and Hope Kids activities and meeting celebrities. She has a very ill little boy with life threatening problems, no health insurance and an unstable paycheck.  Of course the commentor didn&#8217;t have the guts to leave a name.  Believe me, this mom and any other family attending these events would give them up in a heartbeat for a healthy child that you didn&#8217;t fear wouldn&#8217;t survive another day. </p>
<p>So between Tracy&#8217;s trials and others I&#8217;ve seen, I think I&#8217;m happy where I am.  I don&#8217;t know if one of my posts will ever go viral, although I doubt it, but I&#8217;ve made some good friends. I&#8217;ve learned a lot from others.  I&#8217;ll keep doing my thing for my small following and read and post where I can with respect and kindness for others.  Let the nasty people who have no courage to stand behind their cruel words go somewhere else.</p>
<p><abbr><em>Debbie Yost´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.my3weddings.com/2009/05/remember-me.html" rel="nofollow">Remember Me?</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Patricia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it is being a celebrity! to have 500 folks come to my blog every week and from all over the planet.  I am just so grateful and pleased that people are reading and making comments.   How lucky am I?

I have no idea how to prepare to be a pro-blogger and what that would entail, but that  will have to be at tortoise speed and one step at a time - cause that is who I am.  

It would be a lot of work too!  when I think of how much work I am doing now!  that rather overwhelms me

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Patricia´s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://patriciaswisdom.com/2009/05/hesitation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hesitation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it is being a celebrity! to have 500 folks come to my blog every week and from all over the planet.  I am just so grateful and pleased that people are reading and making comments.   How lucky am I?</p>
<p>I have no idea how to prepare to be a pro-blogger and what that would entail, but that  will have to be at tortoise speed and one step at a time &#8211; cause that is who I am.  </p>
<p>It would be a lot of work too!  when I think of how much work I am doing now!  that rather overwhelms me</p>
<p><abbr><em>Patricia´s last blog post..<a href="http://patriciaswisdom.com/2009/05/hesitation/" rel="nofollow">Hesitation</a></em></abbr></p>
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