One Year and Three Days Ago

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It’s hard to believe I have been sharing pieces of my life through blogging with the unknowns of the Internet for just over a year now. I think I am starting to find my voice. ;) Here’s a short list of things I’ve gotten from blogging:

1. New NOLA friends, Katie, Leigh, and Stacey that I have met in person. With Belle and Jane soon to join this list.

2. A [soon to be received] knitting-related gift for no reason from Christy. In return, I am sending her Louisiana satsumas.

3. The release of forgiveness.

4. Many field trips with Captain Sarcastic, Wendy and/or Pete to get Cajun meats, visit art markets, see Bonerama, and take pictures of fleur de lis. Okay, technically I would have done some of these things anyway, but doing them with the idea going in that I’d be blogging about them made the experiences a bit richer.

5. I have also made many, many online friends. I have read many others’ blogs, and they have made me laugh, cry, learn, grow.

6. I have fallen even more in love with New Orleans (and I didn’t think THAT was possible) and shared the birth (and fertility problems related thereto) of my daughter.

I think about how Year Two will be–will things be as interesting the second time around? I am such a creature of habit! I promise you I will do a lot this year that I did last year. I am a sucker for tradition and rituals.

But the beauty of this city, of life, is that even in doing the same thing, it’s always new and a bit different. And at least Year Two will be many of Sun’s Firsts. Plus, we have the streetcars to photograph.

So, thank you, Internet, for the gift of blogging. And thank you, too, fellow bloggers (and even you lurkers), for reading me and supporting me. The whole process has given far more than it has asked in return.

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