Once Upon A Time.

Six years ago this month I quit my corporate America job. I gave up a pretty good paycheck and some great benefits for lots of reasons, most of all I wasn't me there. With no back-up plan and just a couple moments of worry I was soon immersed in summer life. Job-less, hanging out with T and M and trying to figure out what I was going to be when I grew up, one day I decided I'd start a blog. This one. {Formerly at a different address. Moved to this site in 2007.}

Six years, friends!

It's kind of nuts that one day I went to blogger.com and decided I would start sharing my thoughts on life and a few random pictures. I wouldn't have believed I'd still be doing it six years later.

We'd just bought our first digital camera then. {An Olympus Stylus which was way better than our current Kodak.}

I posted quotes I read and liked and pictures and a few random stories of life and then H was born and I was blogging his every milestone. And all of a sudden people were reading.

My first published essay, some freelance opportunities and life happening and things just kind of took off.

I'm not a big stats girl. When I put the counter on my blog four or so years ago I was obsessed with every click on the site. It grew old and now I rarely look unless some PR company is asking for numbers and then when I do sometimes even I'm surprised.

I used to need comments. In order to feel good about what I'd thrown out into the world, I needed them. But that too grew old and I realized that just like I don't have time to comment on every. single. thing I read on the internet, neither do you.

It's been an interesting, unplanned adventure with opportunities thrown at me I'd never have had without this platform.

All this to say: Thanks for reading and visiting. For giving my words a moments thought. For laughing along with me when life's just kind of funny and crying with me when we're all trying to make sense of this crazy world. Thank you!

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Some linky-links to see:

This is the kind of story I am so thankful to have the privilege to share. You've got to read {and be inspired} by this father/son story.

Registration is now open for A Breath of Hope 5K this September. Save the date: September 10 at Lake Harriet! Please come walk or run with us in memory of my mom.

Last thing, and it's pretty silly I admit, but please go here, click on the "liking spree" and go like the HOLA shirt! It's 105 likes away from being $8. {Why don't more stores do stuff like this?} I totally love that shirt and can't wait to send H to kindergarten wearing it. {PS I get nothing by you liking the shirt or anything else on their site. FYI.}