transparency

The posts that increased the traffic, and the exposure, on my old blog were the series I wrote about the year I spent sick and insane after the birth of my son. When I realized how closely linked that blog was to my real life name, I kept the old blog up, but removed these posts.

I'm re-posting them here, but they'll only be on the front page for as long as I can stand having them there - which I can't promise will be long.

I don't think I'd recommend reading them if you are pregnant.

always,
amy

Comments

[Robin M.]

I didn't know you had posted all these, and I linked to your wedding story yesterday. I hope it won't make anything more difficult.

My story of giving birth prematurely isn't as dramatic as yours. I just remember a point, maybe a month after he was born, maybe it was a month after he came home, when I realized that I had fallen in love with my baby. That up until that moment, I had just been taking care of the baby that was handed me, but I wasn't taking it personally. I remember thinking, oh, maybe this is what other mothers feel when their babies are born and they get to hold them right away.

Your point that you understood how people could do those horrible things also resonated with me.

[amy]

robin,
i don't mind having them linked - it's just the linking to my real-life name that made me uncomfortable. i don't mind people who know me reading what i write - but i don't much like the idea of being googled.