Etiqueta: Blogging

Blogging

Sunshine Blogger Award Nomination … Yes!

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS
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Sunshine Blogger Award

I have kindly been nominated by Dr Sarah Mehta Mahajan from her blog HeartyPsych for the Sunshine Blogger Award. I am sincerely grateful to Dr. Mehta for having me taken in consideration for this award. It means a lot to me, especially because it is about a sunshine, and a sunshine is about life and hope. Again, thank you!

What is the Sunshine Blogger Award?

“The Blogosphere community holds several awards that bloggers use to nominate a blog in appreciation for its creative, inspiring, or motivational content.”
“The award also helps other blogger receive recognition and free exposure for their blogs.”

Award’s Rules

There are some basic rules to follow if you decide to participate:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link their blog so everyone can visit.
2. Answer the questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
3. Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.
4. Notify the nominees by commenting on their blog post.
5. List the rules and display the Award logo on your blog post.

Questions from HearthyPsych are:

1. How old is your blog? A= 3 years

2. What do you enjoy most about blogging? A=Inspiring with my writing, making people happy and sometimes even ranting, creating some interesting discussions in the comment section.

3. How important do you think Social Media is for the success of a blog? A= It is very important for marketing and PR but most important than that is the quality of your blog.

4. How would you define a successful blog? In other words, what do you think a successful blog looks like? A= I can only answer for the success I want for my blog: quality followers and subscribers, people showing me some love through their likes and comments, interacting with me. Some other bloggers probably desire to make money or become famous, which is perfectly fine with me.

5. Have you ever thought about monetizing your blog? A= Yes

6. If so, what do you think is the best method for monetizing? A= The best method depends on what the blogger wants and his or her qualifications, career, etc.

My nominees are:

WALKIN’, WRITIN’, WIT & WHIMSY

magicandbeauty

nz

When Women Inspire

View from the Back

Made of sticks and stones

Edge of Humanity Magazine

Chantel Keona

David, earth planet , knopfler and a humble man

Contemplation

Victoria Ray

My questions to the nominees are:

  1. How old is your blog?
  2. Why do you like blogging?
  3. Do you like interacting with your followers in the comment section?
  4. Do you prefer blogging than social media?
  5. Do you like being nominated for blogging awards?
  6. Do you plan blogging for long time?
  7. What is the best accomplishment or satisfaction you have had through your blogging?
  8. Have you ever blogged about very controversial topics?
  9. As a blogger, do you think that there should be more bloggers than Facebook addicts?
  10. Do you like html and have you created a code of your own?
  11. What do you think about live blogging, video, podcast?

Thank you for reading my blog and take care of yourselves. Don’t forget to laugh today!

Dr. Martha Castro Noriega, MD

Religion

Blogging About Religion and the Lack Thereof

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS
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Do you blog about your religion beliefs or your lack of beliefs? Are you concerned that if you do you might lose followers or fans because of your sincere opinion about it?

I know several bloggers who have told me that they prefer to stick to a comfortable niche; food, travel, designing, literature, etc. And when a blogger makes a post about theism, atheism, agnosticism, etc., they prefer to stay away from that topic and not to give it a like and, of course, not to comment.

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As all you know, I like to blog about things I love in my life: food (I LOVE food), travel, cats, nature, science, cycling and lifestyle in general. And yes, I try to keep my opinions about religion or the lack thereof to myself, because some people take things too seriously and sometimes they tend to be aggressive if they don’t agree with what they read.

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Personally, I get along with people of all beliefs and non-believers as well. As long as they respect me as much as I respect them, I don’t have a problem at all. I honestly think that we all can get along if we conduct ourselves with appreciation and consideration. I don’t have to convince anybody about what I do or don’t believe, but I think we all should have the right to express freely our thoughts and opinions without fear of any kind.

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My blogging is mainly about my lifestyle in general. But I have come to a point in my blog where I need to express my thoughts about religion freely. Of course, with respect and hoping everyone will agree that it is perfectly okay to disagree once in a while and still be friends.

So, what do you think? Should I start blogging about this very interesting topic?

Dr. Martha Castro Noriega, MD

Cats, Gatos

When One of our Cats Dies….

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

When my cat Andie died last December 13 2017. I felt that my heart was life and heart were completely broken. I couldn’t understand how my life was going to be worth living without her. She was so kind and loving to me, all the time, even when I gave her intramuscular shots and oral medications; she never run away from me, she loved me so  and losing her has been very painful….NO…extremely painful to me. It is an unimaginable pain missing her everyday. There was a special connection between Andie and me, and yes, that connection will never die.

Through out my 32 years of having cats in my life I have lost several through old age, some sudden acute disease and they all have been loved and rescued cats. They all leave a hole in my heart when they die.
Anyways, I read this beautiful post of Milly Schmidt and decided not to be ashamed of showing my own pain and my vulnerability to suffer like every one else in this world and share some of my own grieve with you by reblogging her post.

When my cat died on March 20th, I stopped blogging entirely. The only reason you’ll see I posted blogs on that particular date (and after) is because I always schedule my blogs about 1-2 weeks ahead.

I would like to let you all know that I have been reading every single comment left on this blog – even if I never replied. Your comments have been little sparks of light in the darkness. Thank you too, for all the lovely, heartfelt emails and for being so understanding and sharing in my grief when I posted about losing Sven last month.

I’m not embarrassed to admit, that I, the ever optimistic happy go-lucky crazy cat lady, finally reached the end of her tether after my pet died. And we should not be ashamed of feeling sad. If we do, we help perpetuate the stigma of depression that stops people reaching out for help.

It’s okay to ask for help. It’s okay to let others know that you’re not coping well.

For me, I think the problem was, no matter how lousy I was feeling, my dog and cat would always be there for me, so to lose one of my constant companions has been absolutely devastating. I have never needed Sven more than I need him now, yet he’s lost to me forever.

I usually feel pretty happy most of the time, but when Sven died, any sparks of happiness vanished along with him. It took a few weeks before I could look at a sunrise and feel that rush of appreciation and contentment I used to feel. But even then, I knew that something was still not right.

I think I recognized I was getting to a point where I couldn’t handle the grief any longer. I needed some cats around to force me to laugh. I mean… how can you not laugh when you see a face like this??

Via The Magic of Pets — The Cat’s Write