But I Smile Anyway…

Today marks my blog’s first anniversary, my blogiversary.

What a year! I honestly can’t believe it! How has it already been a year?

To think, it started with just a silly little post, and slowly it grew, and grew, and grew!

I managed to kickstart my creativity again, write fiction and poems, air my views, give you an insight into my life, and the crazy members of my family… And my cat. Don’t forget Sonu Singh!

I learned how to build my own blog up, with so much help from other bloggers. I even learned some html, to Hubby Dearest’s amazement!

Special thanks here to Dr C , Tom , Chris and Doug , to name a few!

I found out about challenges, and became a regular participant in poetry chalke gets, like Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku challenge, and fiction, like the Flash Fiction Foray, by Matt, The Book Blogger, and more recently, Ronovan’s Friday Fiction challenge, and Hugh’s Instagram Photo Prompt challenge.

I put my novel, Wedded Stress -a work in progress- online to get some very encouraging feedback too!

I created some regular features, like Spidey’s Serene Sundays, and the Kids Logic run of posts, which seemed to tickle your fancy too!

I have been awarded so much love in the forms of awards, passed onto me my various bloggers, who made my day so much brighter by even thinking of me!

But the biggest thing… It’s my blogily. All of you. The community that we have here on WordPress.

I have to give special mentions to some bloggers who have given me so much love, and have become part of my daily life, My true Blogily! My blog sisters Erika and Judy, and my blog brother Rich. And Rib Rob, Sue, Linda, Geoff, Sandra, Tonya….  to name but a few!

If I missed anyone’s name specifically it is not that I forgot you, I would just end up with a post full of links and names… but you are all special to me! ❤

Reading what you write about, responding to comments, having conversations… I feel I know some of you better than some of my actual family!

So can I just say here, thank you so much for being here on this journey with me, accompanying me over this year, and here’s hoping this experience lasts a long long time!