A year ago, Ethan talked me into letting him get his own domain, and starting a blog. He came up with a really great name, Acting Thru Faith, and so I said “yes”. Its only $3 a month, and something like $15 a year to own this fine piece of internet real estate. Shortly after getting it though, he started working, and hasn’t had much time he could call his own, so very little has been done with the website/blog. I even had my wonderful and sweet banner maker, Becky, make a special banner for the site that turned out really awesome, but nope… still nothing. I told him if he didn’t start using the site, I was going to take it over. So, we put a “co-author” blurb in the sidebar, but I didn’t get over there much either.

But. I had a brainstorm this morning, and so I have been working on that today. I set up a new blog for him/us — and made the domain name become a splash page of sorts. I found a really cool picture that I thought Ethan would like, and in the tabs at the top, I have made the distinction “Ethan’s Posts” — and “Mom’s Posts”. Then I copied the few entries that he had on the original blog, and moved them to the new one, and marked them to be housed in an “Ethan” category. Whenever I add anything over there, it will go in a “Mom” category. So. When people go to the orginial website, they can either go to all of Ethan’s entries, or to all of mine. They are grouped seperately. That way, if someone just wants Ethan’s stuff, they don’t have to wade through all of my posts over there to find his. I have a specific vision for this blog. Of course there is the one that Ethan would write everyday or at least several times a week, and make it his own little niche in the world of blogging. But, for right now, thats not going to happen. So, plan B would to make it an “Ethan” blog — its still “all” Ethan, but with some input from me. I can blog about his day and such, or post pictures or video clips. Add newspaper clippings when he’s in the newspaper. Post things of interest pertinent to teens. Eventually, I would like to monetize it. But for right now, I would just like to see it be a fairly active blog, and with Ethan residing there alone, thats not going to happen.