All Across the World

I've learned in the past (almost) 2 years of writing online that there are many people out there just like me, who happen to live all over the world. I've followed along and met people I might not have otherwise. I've been blessed to meet many encouraging Christian women, some perhaps in the same stage of life as me, some learning how to be married or perhaps starting their own family.

I've found through comments made beneath my posts that many have also grown up in the countryside and also consider themselves to be disasters in the kitchen like me. There's an ex-Amish woman who talks about her garden and makes me miss having space and a yard to plant, missionaries who've been sent all over Africa, Asia and Europe spreading the Good News. Plenty of southern ladies who always display a calmer, objective view to life (it's amazing what words written can sound like when read). I'll admit it, I sometimes read their posts with the southern drawl.

A Canadian woman who lives so far north that her winter starts in late September. And there are so many people who tell me how they have once lived in NYC (and can commiserate with my subway commute) and still others who currently live here, live nearby, or visit on a regular basis and know the places I mention. Many who keep up with our journey to parenthood have disclosed that they are either currently dealing with or have overcome some form of infertility or pregnancy problems. Life really isn't to different on the other side of the globe.

When I talk about my mother, I hear a lot of stories about how canning and preserving food is common where they live. The online presence of military families (especially military wives) means that there are always women online, everywhere on Earth, writing. And while blogging and the community it goes with can look like a predominantly white, middle-class American pastime on the cover, if you open the book and look inside, there are people from all walks of life with something valuable to say. The internet is a marvelous invention, one which we are blessed with as it allows us to learn and connect with those who can teach us or congregate with us in an online setting.


So tell me...
Where are you from?
What demographics have you been shocked to find on your website?
Have you looked at your Google Anayltics lately, and where do your viewers live?

                 
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