| |

Where Have I Been?

I realized the other day that this blog has been pretty quiet recently. I’ve been posting stuff to my other blog, the reviews blog has kept up a steady pace of stuff, but this blog has been a little slow. Given that, I thought it’d be a good time to let you know how things have been going over on the Survivor Network site, since that is part of the reason why things have quieted around here!

In a nutshell, that group has had pretty good growth for something that’s only existed for a few months! There are currently 161 members, and there have been a number of really good discussions, ranging from new member introductions to questions about parenting and blog posts with survivor stories and insights about self injury and many, many more!

There’s also 4 sub groups now, and I’m planning on doing some experimenting with the new chat feature that Ning has implemented. There’s been so much going on over there, I can barely keep up with it all!

Overall, the response has been awesome, the group has been so supportive of each other, and of me as I try and work behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly. There have been a few growing pains, but it’s all been well worth it so far. I hope that all of you, whether you are Survivors, or a survivor’s supporter (we have a few of those over there as well), will consider joining, taking a look around, and jumping in with your own contributions!

Similar Posts

  • The Difference Between Fault and Responsibility

    I’ve been reading, as some of you who follow on Instagram may know, the very popular book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and the other day I got through a section where the author, Mark Manson, spent some time talking about fault and responsibility. My mind has been ruminating on this topic…

  • Lovely Afternoon

    The original plan while Angela was off visiting her folks this weekend was to get caught up on some tech projects. But the late afternoon sunshine was too tempting for me, so I just had to put those off and go shoot some pictures today. 🙂 Hope you’re all enjoying your holiday weekend!

  • So, How Are You Doing?

    But, that’s not what I want to talk about today, because, frankly, I think we’re all talked out on the subject, or at least I feel like I’m all talked out right now. If you don’t realize that anxiety and other mental health issues are sitting heavy on all of us this year, I don’t know that there’s anything I can say that will convince you of it. I want to talk about some good things, because, why not? I want to appreciate the following:

    No matter what happens with the election, the sun rose today. It will set tonight, and rise again tomorrow. And I am here to see it.

    I am thankful for the many friends and family members we’ve been in touch with in the last few days, even if it’s just to text and say “WTF”?

    Laughter, because sometimes there’s nothing else to do but laugh, and it’s good for you.

    You are here, reading this. You’re Alive!

    Hope, that as long as there is a tomorrow for any of us, there is hope in the fact that things are always changing in the world, and in our lives.

    Love. For each other, and ourselves.

    Nature.

    The technology that lets us all check in with each other, across the world, at any time.

  • Tennessee

    I saw this entry over at Instapundit the other day of pictures he took driving around the mountains near Knoxville and Gatlinburg. I got really excited because we’re going to be in Tennessee next week. We’ll be staying closer to the Cumberland Plateau part of the state than we will be the Smokies, but there…

One Comment

  1. I know you’re busy, Mike. But, I am so glad you started up the Child Abuse Survivor Network. Good work! Hey, and don’t get to busy that you forget to submit something for the next Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse. (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) 😉

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

To respond on your own website, enter the URL of your response which should contain a link to this post's permalink URL. Your response will then appear (possibly after moderation) on this page. Want to update or remove your response? Update or delete your post and re-enter your post's URL again. (Find out more about Webmentions.)