Happy Summer ladies! I'm just popping in to say hello. This isn't really a coherent post by general standards. Just some reflections of time and change and nostalgia.
I wanted to comment on this fact: The Catholic Young Woman blog is seven years old (7 years and 2 months actually). I remember reading it and loving it when I was a young girl in high school! And then I remember Clare emailing me to ask if I would contribute. What a fantastic privilege that was.
Blogging was a big part of my life during high school -- I'm thinking it may have been partly due to the fact I was homeschooled, and so thrived in internet communities. Since college, I've checked in to my various online abodes far less frequently. I'm slightly unsettled by that. I'm pondering the place social media has or should have in my life. When I started college I actually told none of my new friends that I blogged; I didn't want to seem weird, or antisocial, or fanatical. Now my closest friends know about my personal blog and this blog (though I'm not sure they read them).
I'm sure anyone reading this has noticed things have been pretty quiet here over the past year. It's just a reflection of life for the contributors -- not that our lives have been quiet, but that our lives have been changing. And I've been thinking and praying about how I want to continue forward with the CYW blog in the future. I don't want to see it go away. I still very much consider myself a Catholic young woman. And the struggles we face won't go away with time.
The blog has grown so much over these years. We have over 1,000 followers on Facebook. To me, that's such a large number, and it's such a large number of fellow Catholic friends! Thank you for keeping up with us, and I'm grateful if anything I or any of us has written has been a blessing for even a single one of you.
I wanted to ask everyone reading this: comment and tell me some of the things you like best about this blog, or some of the things you want to see on this blog in the future. Do you have suggestions or advice for the blog? One of the issues I'm currently pondering is that I barely have enough time to check into my personal blog, and thus have far fewer posts here. I wish there were time for everything! {Though if I'm honest with myself it's really the time management that needs work.}
And if you don't want to comment on these issues, or in addition to your much appreciated comment with advice, tell me this: what has been the best part of CYW over the past seven years?
I hope every one of you has a lovely evening and a beautiful close to the summer. God bless!
Monday, August 4, 2014
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I love it all. ♥ Especially the focus on true femininity. All of Clare's courtship advice has been absolutely indispensably fantastic as well! You girls are geniuses, and y'all never cease to amaze me and inspire me. Having said that, if you ever need an up-and-coming senior in high school to write for y'all, I'd love to! Just let me know. :) God bless! ♥♥
ReplyDeleteI enjoy pretty much everything- you are all such good writers, with such important topics, and it's a much-needed community! <3 God bless!
ReplyDeleteIt is such a beautiful blog and catholic community, where do I start? My favorite parts would have to be the posts on Modesty and Courtship. You all have such deep insights on all of these matters. God bless you for what you do and may he continue to reward you!
ReplyDeleteI love knowing that there are other Catholic girls out there who are passionate about their faith. Thanks for everything you do, and God bless!
ReplyDeleteAs a 24-year-old single, working/graduate school catholic girl, I'd love to see more posts about post-college life, homemaking on a budget, decorating small spaces, dealing with stress, busy schedules, ect. I'm not sure if this blog is directed at only teenage girls but even if it is, I must admit that I still read up whenever something new is posted :). I just wanted to let you know that you have followers from the "older" community as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you contributors do! God bless you.
I love everything about The Catholic Young Woman blog too! I love the ideas of how young women can put their Catholic Faith into practice. I'm so encouraged by the fellowship and the examples of femininity and holiness. And I love all the ways you encourage young ladies in pursuing their vocations; whether it's marriage, religious life, or the single life. I always leave this blog refreshed and inspired. Thank you all so much for doing this blog!
ReplyDeleteCan I say that I like everything I've read on this blog so far? Not that I've read everything, but What I've read I liked.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how I found this blog, but it was a true blessing. I understand that the contributors may have other things to do and may decide that blogging is not one of those things, but I really would like that the blog would continue.
God bless you all!
I miss how this blog used to be, but I completely understand that the writers of this blog have moved into different stages of life where they have other priorities. I still check in here, though, as you can see! :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to speak to someone about becoming a contributor to this blog. Who would be best to speak to?
Thank you so much for having this blog!!! It has been a life-saver for me personally; the Holy Spirit has really spoken to me through a lot of the posts on here and has drawn me closer too him through the love I have found here. Realizing bit by bit a sliver of Christ's love for me here, learning more and more about who I am made to be as a Catholic young woman has had a major impact on the development of my character during high school. I could not be more grateful to all of the amazing contributors for having so gently touched my heart these past couple of years<3 Please keep letting Christ love in you! You have no idea how much He blesses through you! All of you will always be in my prayers<3 Eternally grateful...
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your lovely feedback ladies! I'm always so happy to know that our posts are meaningful for you all. And I really will try to keep writing here over the next couple years.
ReplyDeleteI love everything this blog has to say! But I think I especially love the posts on Godly relationships/romance, courting, and femininity! :) Keep up the good work!
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