Today, I’m sharing memories of the beginning of this blog. Friday marked the 14th anniversary of my very first post.
If you’d care to read (or re-read ) it, the link to “This House Has My Heart” is here. From the time that I had even an inkling to start a blog, I knew the subject of my first post and what the title of that post would be.
But, what made me decide to begin blogging? I think there were two influencers: Ree Drummond (Pioneer Woman) was one. And a former co-worker and acquaintance of mine was also blogging at the time. She was a big help to me as I was starting. And looking back, even with her help, I’m surprised that I was able to put it all together.
One of the most difficult aspects was deciding on a name for the blog. I knew mine wouldn’t have a ‘theme’, that I just wanted to write about the everyday happenings in our lives. So “These Days Of Mine” seemed appropriate.
Little did I know that I would still be blogging after all these years. And, oh, the friends I’ve made! Many of them were fellow new bloggers. Several of those no longer blog, so we’re not in touch, but I often think of them. I became good friends with many bloggers, several I’ve met in person and, we’re now Facebook friends.
And my sweet friend, Pam, at Two Spoiled Cats.…. we email everyday and meet, along with our respective hubbies, once or twice each year. Pam began blogging around the same time I did. She blogs EVERY day, which I also did at first, but now I’m lucky to fire off three posts per week.
I’ve also been united/reunited with some long-lost family members, who found my posts because of a keyword connected to our ancestors and/or Bacon’s Castle.
For the boring stats: I’ve published 2,781 posts, and I have 1.42k subscribers. The vast majority of them must be very shy, judging by the small number of comments and likes. (Obviously, my reason for blogging isn’t for the number of reactions my posts get.) My posts have had a total of 235,839 views.
My favorite post was published September 22, 2011, (13 years ago yesterday). At the time, I subscribed to writing prompts each Thursday, and this post was written using a ‘template’ provided on that site. “Where I’m From” can be found here.
Motor Man has been supportive since the beginning, although I think I frightened him at how upset I got when things weren’t going well at first. And Marshall reads and comments on every post. They’re my ‘fan club’.
And thanks to all of you who are still along for this blogging journey of mine.
~These Days Of Mine~
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