{"id":1183,"date":"2012-04-02T21:29:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T01:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2012-04-02T21:29:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T01:29:48","slug":"island-moms-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=1183","title":{"rendered":"An Island Mom’s First Anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From my vantage point, it seems hard to believe that today is the one year anniversary of An Island Mom. One year ago I sat, surrounded by lists of post ideas and a few rough drafts, trying to figure out how to make this whole thing tangible to anyone other than myself. And now, here I sit a year later, writing my 205th<\/sup> post.<\/p>\n

Especially, I want to thank all of you who, for reasons sensible or otherwise, have chosen to read An Island Mom and laugh, groan, roll your eyes and whatever else with me. All of you have been a joy.<\/p>\n

In light of the anniversary, then, it seems appropriate to go over a few of the highlights of this blog, posts that stand out in my mind as I think back over the year. So here goes:<\/p>\n

1. Posts That Made Me Laugh Out Loud At Myself<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Have This Thing About Birds<\/a><\/p>\n

Pregnancy At The Beach<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Posts About The Small People That Made Me Laugh Out Loud<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Son Is On Underwear Patrol<\/a><\/p>\n

Church Hopping With Children<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Posts That I Almost Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Write Out Of Sheer Embarrassment (For Real)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Embarrassing Moments Should Be Shared<\/a><\/p>\n

Short, Over 21 and Thrice Birthed: Part One<\/a><\/p>\n

Short, Over 21 and Thrice Birthed: The Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Hardest Posts To Write<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Island Family Big Change Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

Suspension<\/a><\/p>\n

One Teacher, One Child<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Posts I Wrote To Distract Me From Imagining That Hurricane Irene Might Consume My House<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is Hurricane Irene Headed My Way?<\/a><\/p>\n

A Carolina Hurricane Oceanside<\/a><\/p>\n

Waiting For Irene<\/a><\/p>\n

Irene Updates From An Island Mom<\/a><\/p>\n

6. The Most Inevitable Post Ever<\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth From A First-Grader<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Posts About Weird But True Things That Happened Near Me Or To Me In Stores<\/strong><\/p>\n

Real Housewives Of Walmart<\/a><\/p>\n

Who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dissing Elf On The Shelf?<\/a><\/p>\n

I Do Mothering All The Time<\/a><\/p>\n

8. My Very First Post<\/strong><\/p>\n

What My Neighbors Must Think<\/a><\/p>\n

A one-year anniversary is usually just the beginning of something, or at least just the beginning of most things that count for much. I hope that this is just the very beginning of An Island Mom. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCause I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve learned so much from y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve laughed so hard with y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been moved in ways I never imagined by y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all.<\/p>\n

And, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve grown accustomed to sitting alone at my computer, coffee or shiraz in hand, laughing aloud as I write, with all of you so far away in geographical miles and yet so close in blog miles.<\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d want it any other way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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