Y is for Years, Five Years that is
April marks the 5th anniversary of writing this blog and I am amazed that I've been doing it for that long. When I first began, I wasn't totally sure what a blog was except it stood for Web log. I just knew that I walked around with stories in my head that I wanted to tell, and a friend encouraged me to start a blog as a place to record them. Funny thing about that. Once I got it going, I realized that this was not the place for those stories, so I wandered around other topics and tried to find my blog's voice. I'm still looking for it just like I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Also, there's a question I have often thought about. How much of my world do I reveal? You really don't know where I live, what I look like, or the real names of anyone. You don't know about the intimate conversations I have with my friends and family. You don't always know what keeps me awake at night.
But on the other hand, you know many other things. You know that my father died and my mother's in a nursing home. You know that we are empty nesters, and there have been many health crises with close family members. You know where we have been on vacations and what food we've wasted. You know that I don't like to spend time in the kitchen and we have cats. And you know I don't get pedicures.
At various times, I get bored with this blog and feel like I don't have anything else to say. I think that I need to change things up with both content and appearance. But those things never make it to the top of the To Do list. So for now, or least until I recover from this A-Z Challenge, I will keep blogging in the same way and share a little of this and a little of that with you, my wonderful friends, that I have found during this blogging experience.
Aw! I appreciate the friendship that we have developed through your blog. I am a person who reveals myself slowly to people so it seems very natural to me that you keep a part of yourself private from the blog. The blogs I visit on a regular basis are based more on the connection I feel with different people (I think I "met" you via Lili's blog) that anything else. One of the best parts of the internet is the ability to connect to people you might otherwise not meet.
ReplyDeleteI think A to Z is lots of fun but I bet you will have a sigh of relief when it is done. Maybe you will find time and money for a pedicure. Or not. ;)
I second what many bloggers say, I never expected to find good friends from doing this. What a wonderful thing that is. And that may be one of the reasons I keep going. I'm glad you hopped over here one day, so I could get to know you.
DeleteJury is still out on the pedicure.
A thoughtful, moving post. I too am in my fifth year of my family history blog and i never expected it to last this long, but here I am still. Thank you too for your comments on my A-Z entries. I am pleased they struck a chord with you. Good luck with your blog and your life.
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Congratulations on five years also. That's quite an accomplishment if I do say so myself. :)
DeleteI think you are doing a very valuable thing with your blog in recording family history. We all need to know what has come before us, but the stories are too often lost.
I was happy to meet you. Glad you are writing the blog, love your cats and your beautiful beautiful bird and flower photos.
ReplyDeleteI think it was this time last year when we met during the A-Z challenge. I've learned a lot from you about cats from the interesting stories you have to tell about them.
DeleteHappy Anniversary! I enjoy your blog and I hope you keep it up, if only for the great photos that you share.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nathalie. I enjoy recording nature with pictures.
DeleteCongratulations on 5 years. Time really flies. I think you've done a fabulous job with the blog and am happy to be here to see how it evolves.
ReplyDeleteTime does fly, doesn't it? We'll see what the future holds, but for now, I think I am going to remain on a steady course. It's getting all the time I have for it right now.
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