Spread the word

For more than a decade, my mom was this blog's most avid reader.

Also, its most ardent critic.

"Too many horse posts," she'd tell me. "Write something about your kids."

After a week of live show coverage, she'd say, "Ugh, so boring. No one wants to read that."

I'd remind her that she was not the target audience. This was, in fact, a model horse blog, and people did want to read about models.

Her response: "Phooey!"

She also had a lot to say about my readers, specifically their comments or lack there of.

"That was a good post," she'd tell me. "Why didn't it get any comments?"

I'd explain - again - that there were comments, but they'd landed on the Braymere Facebook page rather than the blog itself.

Her response: another "Phooey!"

Mom doesn't read my blog anymore, but I still hear her voice when certain posts fail to get comments.

I get it, though. I read a lot of blog posts, but I only comment on a few. 

It's not a reflection of the post itself. Sometimes I am still thinking about the author's words several days later. 

I always mean to go back and say something, but I rarely do.

So yeah, I get it.

Still, I know how much bloggers appreciate comments. Like the occasional cup of "coffee", they are one of the things that connect us to our audience and help us to keep writing, even during the hard times.

Especially during the hard times. 

This post is a reminder - to myself and everyone else - to regularly leave comments on the blog posts I enjoy. It's a little thing, but those words really do make a difference!