Friday is here again and in the midst of enjoying family time, cookouts, and fireworks, it is also time to enjoy another amazing week of #AskAwayFriday!
What is #AskAwayFriday? Well…#AskAwayFriday was created by the amazing Penny from Real Housewife of Caroline County as a way to connect with other bloggers with a great Q & A session of 10 questions and 10 answers, between two bloggers! By offering a wonderful opportunity to get to know others while allowing others to get to know you and of course there is also the added bonus of making great friends along the way which is one of the best parts of this online world!
Now to welcome our wonderful #AskAwayFriday hosts…
Suzanna is a new mama to the adorable Baby D and several fur babies, also known as the Hooligans! She is an amateur runner who is madly in love with her hubby and chocolate, as well as enjoying a glass of wine or two. Some of her other loves include photography and DIY projects. Be sure to stop by and show her a little love!
So…grab our button, follow our amazing hosts and co-host, hop through the great link ups and make some amazing new friends!
- I love the name of your blog and your tag line. What made you so passionate about encouraging and uplifting families?
My husband created my logo after we decided to find a new theme for Uplifting Families. The change has been positive and my site is more user friendly now. Uplifting Families started after I was laid off due to my chronic back pain. I wanted something to keep me busy and keep me from focusing on my own issues. I merged by breast pump website into my current site because I didn’t want to maintain and promote two sites, plus I felt limited on the number of posts that I could write about breastfeeding alone. It was a great decision because I am able to help moms who want to breastfeed and I help advocate for their rights. I am continually trying to grow the site and do what I can to continually help families with things that they might not think about such as baby proofing your outdoor space, summer reading challenges, and so much more. 
- If you could have ANY job, what would it be and why?
Blogging – I am able to spend an hour or two a day writing/sharing/marketing my blog. I am unable to sit up for very long especially in a desk chair due to my back pain. Thankfully, a laptop gives me the flexibility to blog from a comfy spot in the house and I can even do it while I am laying on the couch.
- Your blog is growing by leaps and bounds! What is your #1 piece of advice for new bloggers?
The number one advice that I have for newbies, is to stick with it. I often call Uplifting Families a labor of love considering I have had to perfect my writing skills and learn how to market the blog. These are all skills that I didn’t have and had to learn them from scratch. I do have coding knowledge which helps with making some of my posts look pretty, especially, the ask away friday posts because the uniformed list numbers don’t work properly when I add spacing between the questions and answers. I have to manually add the code or fix formatting.
- What is your favorite room/place in your house? (Bonus points for a picture)
I love our bedroom and living room in our house.
