Still here

I apologize to anyone who was worried about me taking the weekend off. I wanted to skip town and have some time away from the internet, and I didn't want to have to worry about anything on this site. In fact, I didn't want to think about MWOP at all for a couple days after seven months of reading here every day. I'm sorry it wasn't around for those who enjoy posting here, but comments will be back up in the morning.

For those who have asked, I have not been contacted by anyone legally. I am not concerned about anything I have posted - there is not a single thing I have posted here that is not based in truth or that I don't believe is true based on evidence collected before I posted. My goal has never been to bring MckMama down, but to expose all the big and stupid little lies that keep popping up and she keeps blocking.

Once again, I do not believe or endorse everything said by others on this blog, but I won't moderate their ability to express their opinions so long as it's respectful.

I am, however, concerned that MckMama's days as a "top blogger" are coming to an end. While I partially worry for her children, I am more concerned she will lay the blame for her demise solely on MWOP instead of accepting that manipulating her readers left them with a bad taste and caused readers to look here for what others thought might really be happening.

I don't make money on this site, in fact I don't get a lot joy out of this site. It is not a pretty thing. But it angers me beyond belief that people think the internet means they can lie, steal and cheat...especially while hiding behind their faith. I am comfortable with my goal behind MWOP, regardless of how I feel about the site or why it exists, and if this blog does get taken to the next step I welcome the opportunity for MWOP to set a precedent for lying, profitable bloggers and online fraud, especially emotional fraud.

Anyhow, I'm headed to bed, but comments will be on bright and early tomorrow morning. I appreciate those who keep this blog on topic and bring things that don't feel or sound right to the surface. I know Disqus bogs down a lot and there have been relationships formed on this blog and some commenters would like more chit chat as well. If anyone would like to volunteer a spot for things off topic or for when comments bog down, I would be happy to post those links.

Sunday night stats

Amazing MWOPers:

Question....

Do you think MWOP hurts MckMama's business? Or does it help it? Without MWOP, would you continue reading MckMama? Or would she fall into blogging oblivion?

Does drama keep MckMama afloat?

Driving

We need a new post again. MckMama has been out and about since her "babe" came home. For all you c-section mamas, how long after you gave birth did you have to wait before you could drive? What's the general time frame before a mom can drive after a c-section?

Breastfeeding

MckMama wrote a post about breastfeeding. Beyond that, I'm not sure what her point is, but I can say I'm pretty sure she failed to make one...even after using over 2,000 words.

On to other things

There are two posts up tonight. This one is back on track. Things have been relatively quiet on the MckMama front, but the HP giveaway raised a lot of questions about how MckMama conducts her giveaways and how "legal" they are. I'll see if I can put together what we know already some time this week.

Care4Chris

I'm so sorry. Let's start there.

The back story: a reader left a comment months ago about a tweet from someone who wanted MckMama to retweet prayers for her brother. Readers here felt badly for the sister, who shared her story on MWOP. I reached out to the sister, Elisabeth, and offered to put a picture up of her brother in hopes it would help raise money for his expenses after a serious stroke.

I vetted the story to an extent. I called the apartment complex and the physical therapy office to confirm he was a patient there. He was. Since Elisabeth offered ways to donate money to companies that were not direct contributions to her account, I put the picture up.

Here we are, months later, and we found out yesterday that Elisabeth is actually Elizabeth and has ties to MckMama and April Rose. Chris is indeed a stroke victim, but he's also a convicted sex offender. On top of that, they're not related.

I was extremely pissed off. Why would someone lie about this? Why lie at all? I would have donated money if I had known they were friends and not related. Why the hell would you lie about that?

As for the sex offender part, I don't have much to say, but I think plenty about it. It's beyond disappointing and I hate that anyone had to find out this way.

The money did go to a man who suffered a serious stroke and was in need of financial help. At least he wasn't a blow up doll, right?

Again, I'm sorry. I trusted someone and was duped. It felt pretty shitty and it will be a while before I take anything online at face value again. If you donated money, Elizabeth should be returning it to you. If you have not heard from her in a month, please leave me a comment and I will send you any contact information I can find on her.