Visitors

I can't believe I've had this blog for more than 3 years now!  During that time I've gone from approximately 1 visit a week (probably from my mother) to a heck of a lot more than that.  And my visitors come from all over the world.  Having analytics hooked up to this blog has been such a source of information and entertainment for me.  I love monitoring my blog all day while I'm at work, seeing who's popping in and who's popping out, where they came from, where they're going.  It's not perfect, but it still affords me a little snapshot.  I'm often curious about why people found me, how many of you are connected to the disability community in some way, how many are not, where you're from, how you got there, all the normal questions we have when we realize just how small this great world is.  I could go on and on about life before the internet, but I'll save that for another day.  I'm sure many of you will be able to relate.

Anyway, there's something so gratifying about seeing folks from so many other states and so many other countries come to read about my fairly dull life and my amazingly beautiful little girl.  Eh, who am I kidding?  My fairly dull life is of absolutely no interest to you.  hehehe.  It's all about Samantha, my purpose for creating this blog, my inspiration, my muse. 

Some visitors pique my interest more than others.  Like one of you shows up as Elkridge, MD, and you visit quite frequently, yet don't ever leave a comment, I don't think.  Another of you comes from Bremen, Germany.  I used to live in Bremerhaven, so close by, and feel that teensy bit of connection to you, although I have no idea who you are.  I occasionally get visits from my home town of Vineland, NJ.  I thought for sure all of my friends there had moved away, so I wonder which one of you reads my blog...?  There are others.  I don't mean to freak you out by singling you out.  My mother occasionally gets unnerved when I call her and say, "so, did you like the blog post that you read 5 minutes ago?"  I think she equates it to a lesser version of Big Brother.  And it is, really.  We have so much transparency with the internet, and with baring our lives and our souls on our blogs that are read by so many.  :-)

Then there are key word searches.  A definite source of amusement!  I don't get a huge number of hits from Google searches, but there are a few.  I remember one blogger (I think it was Renee from Life With My Special Ks) used to periodically post all the key words that had been entered to bring people to their blog.  It always had me giggling hysterically.  I've seen my share of doozies, like "in what episode do Caillou need to pee?"  I think I have seen every single episode of Caillou, probably at least 30 times, and there isn't a single one I can think of where Caillou needs to pee.  He sits on the closed toilet lid once so his mom could bandage his scraped knee...does that count?

By the way, if any of you who do not have Blogger accounts ever feel the remotest desire to post a comment (trust me, I'd LOVE to hear from you!!), you can still post here under Anonymous or Open ID.  Thanks to you all for reading!