Dilemma

Obviously, my blog has been neglected since the arrival of Mr. Mason.  I don't have as much free time as I once did and what free time I have, I have not been wanting to blog much.  Not because of lack of blog topics -- having a little one creates A LOT of blog-worthy moments -- but because I want to protect our child.  
It is sad to say, but we live in a very "open" and a very creepy world.  While I love social media and totally understand its value, I do believe we have to set our own boundaries to protect ourselves and more importantly, our children.  There are weirdos out there who troll the internet and steal pictures and republish them as their own.  I won't even go into some of the other "gross" things that I hear happen, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
Recently, I heard a story from an acquaintance who had found out that some of her pictures of her daughters had been stolen from her blog and used on someone else's blog, without her permission.  It was very shocking for her to find out about this and created some panic.  Rather than shutting down her blog completely, she started to watermark all of her photos to help deter people from stealing them.  I mean come one....that is a going to a lot of effort just to keep weirdos from being weird.  Props to her, and I'm certainly not judging anyone else who chooses to post photos, but it has definitely gotten us thinking about what we post.  
So after much discussion, we have decided that we will no longer post pictures in "public places".  That means we will not be sharing them on our Twitter or Instagram accounts and I will no longer be posting pictures on my blog.  I thought about taking my blog private so I can still share, and I still might do that someday, but since I haven't been blogging that much lately I decided it would be a lot of effort to approve readers, provide passwords, etc.  Some popular bloggers have copyright clauses on their blogs and have legal terms and conditions to allow them to fight back if any of their content was every copied, but again, I'm not a big time blogger so I do not want to go to those extremes.  
I know a lot of my readers are friends and family who we are connected to on Facebook and since we can control who sees our content on Facebook, we will still be posting occasional pictures in that space.    I also have a private space where I post photos and updates on Mason and I'd be happy to add anyone to that list if you are interested.  Just send me an email or leave a comment on my blog.  
Hopefully, you will all continue to check out my blog for the latest recipes, and other happenings in our life.  I've always felt like my blog didn't have much direction, so maybe this will help stir my creativity again.  
Thanks for your understanding!