The Tennessee Girls: How We Started Blogging

Hello everyone! It’s Morgan with a post about how we started blogging. The blog has been up for over a year now, and we thought we would love to talk about how we started blogging. Melodie and I are going to alternate talking, so I will be writing in blue, and Melodie will be in purple.

So our blog officially started on July 27, 2015, but we were planning the blog long before that happens. Our story starts in October of 2013. Lexi and I had known about a friend of ours’ blog for a while, but had never looked it up. So, one boring October afternoon, we Googled the blog. The blog is called The Salty Breeze, and it was started by our friends the Edwards. The blog is still up if you would like to check it out, but our friends haven’t posted in a long time. We were amazed by how they blogged and took photos of what they were doing, and we wanted to join the blog community.

We talked and pleaded with our parents for a blog, but they didn’t feel comfortable letting us start one. So, we had to find an alternative solution. Thus, paper-blogging was born. Paper-blogging is writing a blog post on the computer, and putting in pictures. It was Lexi’s idea and I loved it. We did it for years.

So, I should probably explain something. You may have noticed that I don’t look like Melodie and Lexi, and Ella and Ariana look a lot more like me. I am adopted, as are Ella and Ariana. We were all adopted around the same time, and we are now part of the Hayes family. I don’t come into the story until later, so I will let Melodie keep telling the story.

So, we kept paper-blogging. We also started to send them to a few friends, including the Edward girls, and all of our friends loved it. We used to post on an old PC, but then we had to switch to our very own computer. We kept posting about things that were happening in our lives, such as the arrival of new friends, and even family.

Ok, here’s where I come in. I was adopted in April, and Melodie and Lexi asked if they could paper-blog about me. By this time, Elizabeth and Anna had been adopted by the Raynes, our cousins; Hazel had moved in and also adopted Ariel, and Sam had moved into town. After I was adopted, the search was on for my half-sisters. That’s right; Ella and Ariana are only half-related to me. We have the same mother, but not father. After we adopted them in July, our family was complete.

So, we officially started the blog on July 27, 2015. We had talked with our parents for a long time, and they finally allowed us to start one. We were so excited! We welcomed people to our blog in the first post, then introduced all of our friends and family. Since then, we’ve posted about all sorts of things that have happened in our lives. Some of the highlights have been new friends, dancing and short stories with a few friends.

So here are the statistics. We have published 19 posts, which seems small but is quite huge for us considering our very busy schedules. We have four followers, and have had over 1500 view total from 10 countries. We are so grateful for everyone who takes the time to read our blog. You all mean so much to us, and we love getting to share our lives with you. Thank you for all the support over the past few years.

~Melodie, Morgan and all of the TN Girls