It sure isn't seven questions. And we haven't been seven for a while now, the writers here departing and arriving, veterans 'graduating' and raw voices taking their place. That's how we always knew it would be here at Glow. Eventually we get an email that says, simply, My time comes to post and I draw a blank. I feel peaceful / busy / elsewhere and just kinda tapped. I'm ready to go somewhere new. Is that okay?

It's always okay. It makes me smile. We may still be haunted by that resident boomerang of shock, but there does come a point where you realize, profoundly, that you're not drowning anymore. And so this space (and your space, and the spaces you visit) changes. What it stands for, what it gives you.

This time around, we're exploring the practice of public grief. Share with us what honesty, anonymity, community, and moving on look like for you. Our answers are here, at Glow's newly renamed kitchen table. Pull up a chair. If you have a blog, copy and paste the following questions into your own post, link to us, and share the link to your answers in the comments here. If you don't have a blog, please answer directly in the comments.

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1 |  How would you describe your presence on the internet?  Does your online voice differ from your real life voice? If so, how? And why?

2 |  Why did you begin blogging, or reading blogs? Was this before or after your experience of babyloss?

3 |  Do you write anonymously? Does anonymity - or would anonymity - change your expression of grief?

4 |  Do you have a responsibility in how you express yourself on the internet? To whom, and why?

5 |  Do authenticity and honesty matter to you, both as a reader and a writer? Or does unconditional support matter more? How do you think readers perceive your truth?

6 |  Have you ever been in the crosshairs of a troll? How did you deal with it, and what did you learn from it?

7 |  How do you feel before going online - either to write on your own blog, or to absorb the writing of others? How do you feel when you shut down the computer and walk away?

8 |  Do family/friends know you write/commune online? If so, have they told you how they feel about it? How do you respond to their opinions?

9 |  Have you ever met any other loss bloggers in real-life? How did it feel to share food and air and space, and how did it make you feel about your own storytelling and healing? If you haven't experienced this, would you want to, or not? Why?

10 |  How did you/will you know it's time to read fewer grief blogs, and write less of grief? How did you/will you redirect your energy, creativity, and persona online -- did you/will you go offline? Disappear and start again? Or transition in your current space, hoping to find a new voice? If you've done this, how did it feel?

(to comment and partipate, please leave your answers and/or link on this topic's kitchen table page)