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)
Just like those commenter above, I too come back often to see if you have posted something new.
Sorry that you had such a bad experience and I truly hope to hear some good news from you soon.
Good luck with all your endeavors,
Sally
Still missing Katie Did Journal! Thanks for leaving up the blog. :) I still reference your tutorials and many of your dynamo ideas. Hope it's a lovely holiday season for you and your family.
Wow it has been almost a year and I still check your blog almost daily. Just to let you know how much I loved your blog and your attitude towards life and children. You are obviously greatly missed and as much as I want you to start blogging again I hope you do what is right for you and your family. Sending you Xmas wishes all the way from NZ.
Megan
Just a note to say, I'm with Megan, above: can't believe how frequently I check to see if there's something new here, but also, thank you, the deepest thank you, for leaving all these amazing and inspiring posts up. I hope you and yours are doing well and that new, exciting, fulfilling endeavors are yours. Maybe one day we'll all be lucky enough to find you posting again... Happiest of holidays!
I guess I'm not the only one! Just echoing the previous posters..I miss reading your blog and hearing about the adventures of your family. You have such a great written voice! I hope this finds you and your family doing wonderfully and looking forward to some fun and blessed holidays!
I was hoping for a Christmas miracle...
I really do miss your posts! Please don't let the jurks of the world take the wind out of your sails or the joy out of sharing your life with those of us who love your ideas and creativity. We miss you!
I'm with Emma, Tina, Megan and all the other commenters who were hoping you'd return to blogging. We really do miss your blog, your writing style, your lifestyle, those adorable girls!
I cant understand why someone would go as far as impersonating you but let's be fair, the part that we see of you through your writing and pics, you are awesome! Such an inspiration on different levels to girls like us.
Merry christmas to you and yours!!!
I know it's been months now, but every once in a while I check back on your site hoping you are back up... I am sorry for what happened to you and your family, I hope some time you'll come back, your posts were always very inspiring.
Wishing you and yours the best (slightly belated) festive greetings and hope that whatever you end up doing it goes well. I miss you too.
bende bloğunuzu sıksık takip eden biri olarak artık yazmamanıza çok üzülüyorum.umarım siz ve çocuklarınız iyisinizdir.en kısa zamanda yine yazmanızı ümit ediyorum.sevgiler...
I, like many others, wander through every now and then to see if you're back. I miss your posts.
Take care
xx
Please, give us a sign - what happens with your homepage? Is there a hope
of a new start and begining? Would you be so kindly to give us some words...
I keep checking too! I hope one day you will return to blogging or writing (or designing children's clothing!), as I loved your sweet (and talented) posts on children, motherhood, art, and life.
Hi Katie !
Hope you and your family are well. I miss reading you. Love from Germany.
It´s hard to believe what it´s happening and I wish you the best. There are many people like me that adore your blog so, we need you to follow and horrible people to leave you do it. All my love and sorry about my poor english.
Hi Katie,
Sorry that had to happen to you I miss reading your blog.
Come Back!!!
a year later and no new posts! come back please
I debated posting this in case anyone creepy finds it, however I know there are so many people who loved katie's blog. I think Katie's new company/business may be pinhole press. It's a paper goods site for all kinds of great photo albums/planners/calendars etc. the kids are undoubtedly hers so if this is not her business then someone close to her may have asked her kids to model.
joanna over at cup of jo confirmed that this is in fact, katie's project new project. congrats to her for moving on from the creepy flickr incident and continuing to create beautiful things.
Just echoing everyone else; please come back.
THEY ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THIS????
http://www.pinholepress.com/
FOUND HERE! IM SO HAPPY I CAN'T EXPLAIN!
http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/
Congrats on the new business and being in good company with Jo. Any chance you'll come back to blog land - you are sooooooooooooooooooo missed! xx
this is shocking ! i'm sorry such things happen, it must feel so weird. i hope you have things sorted out asap and that the online community (once again the non creepy ones) will be all eyes about that.
hi katie ! i miss reading you.
your new paper products are beautiful (if indeed it is your new business). i wish i could order a few items, but living in europe, it might not be possible to ship there.
i wish you and your family all the best.
emma from germany