TO THE CREEPY IMPOSTER
Dear Facebook and Flickr user Makena Becker. you are not me. those photos are not yours. and those children certainly aren't yours either. your creepiness has me reeling. you have five hours to remove all my photos, all my words, and all your really skeevy claims to be someone you are not before i take legal action. you have infringed on my copyright. and i am pretty freakin' ticked off and grossed out by it.
thank you to reader paola for letting me know about this.
i would have loved to keep this a lot more vague and focused more on the idea of creating your own life, how figuring out who you are, little by little, and being true to that potential and the people you love is what makes life really great. and i think the higher road is to maybe leave names off.. but i can't. this is just too weird and violating and there is no possible explanation i can think of where someone would do this "innocently." if you have an idea, i'd love to hear it. i'd love to have something to wet the fury burning in my chest.
until then, i've got a birthday party to prepare for.
also: i have operated this blog the same way i try to live my life- based in faith and happiness and expecting the good rather than fearing and expecting the worst. this is not the worst, but it is really really weird. and i may need to adjust things around here for awhile until i figure this out..
ADDED: dear people (the non creepy ones), i love you. i sincerely do. i wish you were all here in person. i would hug you and thank you, wipe away my angry tears and take you to the park for a big picnic. we'd eat fruit, watch kids run around, soak up the sun and celebrate life (and the fact that the pictures were all taken down! hooray!!). after getting in our fill of spring at the park, you'd help me try to foster a little bit of sympathy and a little understanding for those who do things that aren't right, but then we'd let it go and move on... and after all that i'd try to sucker you into helping me make cupcakes and clean and decorate for tomorrow's party.. i've got a lot to do and am suddenly sooo very tired.
thank you again. truly.
xoxoxo
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 11:02AM
Reader Comments (537)
Wow! It is creepy! I was looking around for a new blog name and came across yours. You have a lovely blog.
Katie, I miss your blog so much. Please know that whether you come back or not, you have provided inspiration and joy to so many. Thanks for all the beauty you shared.
Oh. my. goodness. I don't even know what to say. I only just found your lovely blog for the first time, but this has me so upset. People are truly jacked up sometimes. I'm so sorry that such a good person has to go through this weird situation. Be strong! You have a lot of people in your corner!!
I can't believe someone would do this to you. Scary.
are you still out there...the real you? i hope you are...
Im sorry about that. some people doesnt now how to treat a good person like yourself.... but i so miss your blog. i started re-reading everything in here so i could confort myself. are you coming back anytime soon? maybe write a post just so we now you are ok?
love,
liv
hi there!
i don't know you, but i enjoy reading your blog, and i hope you come back soon!
anne
horrid! i don't understand these people at all. why would you even WANT to do that? so lame. big hugs to you and your beautiful, original family. xoxo
Just wanted to say I hope you're going ok. I miss your lovely posts, but understand why you'd want to take a sabbatical. Hang in there.
Hiya,
One rotten apple spoils the whole bunch! Boo. Just wanted to tell you how much I miss your blog. You are very inspirational on so many levels . Come back soon Katie!!!
I miss your posts Katie!!! But I totally understand if never post again :(
My stomach turned as I read this. You poor dear!
Many wonderful thoughts to you and your loves.
I am so sorry this happened. Terrible.
Hi Katie!
Found you yesterday, by coincidence. And I most say I got hooked. Eventhough I´m from Denmark and my english is pretty rotten, it was beyond words to "visit" you in NY for a short moment. To day I could not find you, I forgot your adress. Kathryn did, Kathleen did - Katie did!!!! Googled twice before I found you, but here you are. I thought I lost you. Thank you so much for sharing. It makes me so sad that someone is taking advantage of that - shame on that person. I hope it will soon be over, it is so unfair and a lot of other not so nice words I cant remember. Please dont take this the wrong way: promise you will do whatever it takes to protect your family. Eventhough it means less sharing. Hope it makes sence. Meanwhile I will follow your blog and enjoy your words. Thank you again. Best wishes from a danish girl with 3 kids, Copenhagen Denmark xxx Marie
I miss your wonderful posts & beautiful work! I love your blog. Thought you should know you inspired my sister & i to take sewing lessons. Our first lesson we pretty much talked the whole time about how amazing your work is & how much we all love it.
we hope you come back
You are missed!!
I am so sorry this happened to you--not cool. I love your blog...so much inspiration and great ideas. I miss sharing in your creativity.
I miss you! I keep checking back, hoping to find a new post...but I totally understand your absence here. Just know there are many of us who miss you and are so great*full to you for your awesome ideas and creative inspiration...
~ jillian
I love your blog and am commenting for the first time. Just read this entry and all of the comments. So glad that your info and pictures are off of Flikr and FB. You have a lot of fans supporting you and I hope that you continue blogging. Maybe just don't post your kids' faces?
Support from Denmark,
Emily
Wow, how awful!
As a mom that really bothers me and I don't blame you 1 little bit for being bothered!
You're children are so very sweet and precious and how wrong for weirdo Makena to do that!
Glad to hear that the pictures were taken down.
SO wrong!
Please come back if you can! I miss your posts and inspiration!
Hi Katie, I have come across your page as I am trying to find ways of reporting an impostor.
We seem to be on the same boat...I only found out yesterday that there is an impostor using all my words and details, and worst, copied my photos and use it and pretend to be me... not to mention, he/she pretends that my kids are his/hers... my kids are disturbed and till now I am trying to find ways how to report this.... I have clicked the report button below the fake profile, and have asked around to do the same... He/she blocked me now, so I can't see the profile.
I am bothered more for my children, and my kids are now very wary using internet.
Come back, we miss you!
How are you? I miss your blogging. I hope you come back soon. I have been so inspired to sew for my daughter after discovering your site a few months ago. I can't imagine how violated you are feeling but I guess like most things in life, the good people far outweigh the bad... I hope you can start again soon, you are so obviously missed.
Sonia,
Queensland
Australia
Hi Katie- I really miss your posts too. You're blog has been so fun to read. And I too have been very inspired. Thank You so much for all the great stuff you have shared. I'm so sorry for what happened to you... it's really just awful. I hope you and your family are doing well.