1 Year Blogoversary!

It was a year ago that I wrote this post: Why Blog?  I was really clueless at the time.  I had been reading a few of blogs (for just a short couple of months) and was really curious about this whole blogging thing.  My husband was the one who encouraged me to start my own blog.  I told him I didn't know what I was doing...and he told me I could figure out the details as I went along.  This usually isn't my style...I like to know exactly how everything works before I jump right in.  But, my husband knows me well...and if I had waited until I knew exactly what I was doing I would still be sitting here reading blogs and trying to figure out all the little details!  I'm so glad I jumped right in...otherwise I would have missed out on this past year of blogging and all the little things I want to remember that have made this season in my life so special.



On #5 of my list (Why Blog?) I wrote that I wanted my blog to be a conversation with others...a way to connect with people who share common interests and values.  When I wrote this a year ago...I really had no idea what I was really in for!

 

This has turned out to be my absolute favorite part of blogging.  YOU the readers, the women I have gotten to know through blogging...women that I am thrilled to call my friends.  The support and encouragement and kind words I get from your comments means more to me than I could ever express.   I have loved getting to know you and your families.  I love trying your recipes and seeing your craft ideas.  I love hearing about your faith, the way you parent, your date nights, your thriftyness and how you make your house a home.  I love it all, and I am truly inspired by all of you.  I have come to know such amazing women.

 

This past year, I was encouraged by another blogger to write about having an only child.  It was the hardest post I've written, but also the most rewarding.  It's something I don't usually talk about.   I still look back over the comments you left me and my spirits are lifted immediately. 

I felt supported when I posted about my embarrassing DMD addiction.  You waited patiently...even though I left you hanging for three months before my soda update.  I felt you cheering me on.
You have given me advice on boy's shoes, and paint colors...and  I have enjoyed sharing fun recipes and crafts with you.  You have continued to come back even though I am not the best writer, I don't take the greatest pictures and I talk way too much about my son and his passion for tennis!  Anyway, I just want you to know how much I appreciate all of you who continue to read my blog and leave me such kind comments.

 

I have really enjoyed recording little snippets of our life this past year. It's the perfect creative outlet for me that I was hoping it would be.   And, even though I don't have all those little details about blogging figured out just yet...I am enjoying the learning process. 

 

Thanks so much for making my first year of blogging such a

 FUN and MEMORABLE one!