Another New Blog
November 25th, 2007
That’s right- another one. Don’t cringe yet this one’s for a good cause.
This is a project or idea that I’ve been wanting to work on for awhile now but I was putting it off because sometimes I get too emotionally attached to my ideas and that’s not always healthy for this little spirit.
I’m starting a directory for people who are still searching for their lost loved ones, missing family, and friends they may have lost touch with. I’ve decided to use blogger to do this because I’ve seen a lot of different and sometimes slightly crazy things done with blogs so I figure why not? Right?
Anyways, I’m doing this because not so long ago I was searching for my brothers. One I hadn’t met since I was about 6 and the other was much the same ‘cept I’d seen him once when I was 13. I haven’t had a whole lot of contact or influence from my biological family and I wanted to get to know them- I missed them so much it hurt sometimes.
About a month ago I found an uncle of my via search engine, who then got me in contact with a cousin I didn’t know I had, who in turn had contact with my eldest brother. About a week or two after that my other brother, also older than me, found me via a post I had submitted to a Google blog about reuniting lost siblings.
Blogs are a great way to get info on the net. I say this not only as a computer nerd but also as a web designer- blogger has one of the best search engine keyword results out there. If you post a dozen keywords and then type them into Google a month later there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself.
I found and was found by my brothers. After that I went back to the Google blog and posted my success. I wanted others to see that it was possible and it really did happen in real life. As I looked over the posts I could see where a lot of people were looking like they were on the verge of losing hope or only half heatedly believing that it would work. So, I’m going to make my own directory for people to submit posts to and I’ll put them up there.
I hope it will work. I remember all too well what it felt like to miss someone. It’s one thing not having any contact but not having contact, not knowing if they are dead or alive, if they’re in another country, if they’re happy without you, or where they are? That’s just too much.
Fate smiled on me and good goddess I’m going to smile back at every chance I get.
You can visit the blog at: http://dont-stop-searching.blogspot.com/ I know the URL is a bit long but it’s all I could think of that was available. I don’t have any posters yet but I’m going to go back to that other blog and collect some email addresses and ask them if they would like to post there to, if it will help. Wish me luck.
I’m so behind on my blog reading but I did catch up and you have some great stuff on your site here and in other places :)
The blog you are starting is a good idea. I have a half-brother that was adopted and my mother died before she ever got to find anything out about him. I will say that with someone you didn’t even grow up with a little it is odd meeting so it would be interesting to see if people post some of those situations as well. Too many people think that finding someone (especially in adoption situations) will be like an Oprah moment, but it isn’t always.
Great stuff here over the last week I missed, I’ll try to be more punctual on my reading!
hi!! ..a real nice blog indeed. its nice to know that u hv united with ur brothrs. :)
n ur thoughts r beautiful. may u gt all d success in the noble work that u r strting as well as in ur life.
kp up ur spirit high alwys. may gd bless u. :)
n thnks 4 visiting my blog n leaving ur beautiful footprints thr in. as my xms r just a stone throw away…m not abl 2 rd ur othr posts n blogs ( sadly some of ur blogs r for selected rdr only :( )
aftr my xms i will gt bk 2 ur blog. btwn i hv blogrolled u. i hope u will visit my blog agn.
tk cr
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JC: That’s understandable. It’s the latter week of the NaNo plus I’m sure you have half a dozen other projects going on as well. :)
Deffinetly wasn’t an Oprah moment for me though I will admit before finding them I had my fantasies. For me when I found the first brother it all seemed almost unreal and a little scary. I mean to tell myself that yes, I do have brothers, and have some bit of contact to reafirm it well, it’s almost like an overload. I didn’t know if I wanted to laugh, cry, or jump for joy till several days later when I was more sure I wouldn’t wake up. With my brother James it was much the same but easier to accept because I actually have memories of him and to me he seemed like a more real person.
I have yet to meet either brother in real life. We pass emails and chat, share pics, and both of them have web cameras. I love them so much and am hoping to meet them in real life fairly soon.
Preetilata: Thankies, thankies, and thankies again. :)
I’ve added you to my blog roll as well and will deffinetly be visiting your blog again real soon.
As for my two private blogs: One of them is a work in progress for another project of mine and I just have it closed for the time being till I’m more sure of myself. The other one is some of my actual writing. If you’re interested in reading the uber long tidbits posted there let me know and I’d be happy to add you as a reader. :)