I found out last weekend that somebody had stolen a bunch of Carrie’s pictures, put them up on a web page, and was claiming that she was Carrie’s mom. (Well, she renamed the child and gave her a different birthday, but that’s about it.) It’s been a week of tracking down all the places (discussion boards and such) that these pictures were being used, writing to the site administrators, and trying to get everything removed. Some things still aren’t resolved yet, but we’re working on it. I’m still not sure it’s a good idea to blog about this, but I need some help.
I’ve been trying to decide what to do. I’ve lost a whole week of blogging about all the little important things Carrie’s doing. I’m worried about posting more of her pictures, and angry that I have to worry about it at all. I’ve thought about password protecting my blog, or the parts that pertain to Carrie, but I don’t know that I want to do that. Let’s face it – some small part of me is worried that nobody would request the password! But then I wonder why I’m doing this at all – is it for the network of virtual friends I’ve made over the years, or for Carrie’s grandparents, or just for myself? A lawyer friend of the family advised me to “go dark”. Take down the site. End what is just four days shy of a 5-year-old journal. I don’t think I can do that.
If you were in my situation, what would you do?