Thing #4

After reading the blogs about commenting it made me want to go on a commenting rampage. I got into other blogs that I can relate with and really opened my eyes to all the different people out there blogging about all kinds of different things. Commenting is important, it helps the blogger feel useful and like they're making a difference. It also sets up the feel of an online community of people with common interests. If you're going through the same delima or love the same thing as the blogger, tell them. It makes you feel like you're not alone and that there are people in this world who can be very similar to you. In the process of finding blogs to comment on, I found a couple of other army wives who are teachers. People who have to move every so often, and deal with being on their own for long periods of time, just like me, are interested or already have the career I long for. Commenting gives you a sense of connection to people you've never met who could be have way around the world, just as one of the blogs I chose to comment on, "Such is the Life of an Army Wife". I commented on her very first post about coping with deployment. I chose that post because it was not someone telling me to just be strong or it'll be okay, it was different than what I've heard before. The other non-associated blog I chose was "To Love a Soldier", she posted a beautiful poem about a soldier's promise and an Army Wife's promise, it just hit home. As far as classmates I commented on, I posted comments one Robert White's Thing 2 for his knowledge and touch of personality, KSatterly's Thing 3 for the great idea she came up with for blog usage once in the classroom, I chose SRogers and Sloffer for their portrayal of their personalities, ( I found it intriguing to see the wide array of characters in our class.) and finally JRichardson's Thing 1 for the habit of play being a difficult one to master. 7 comments in 2 hours.. This is only the beginning.