Today is the end of my year of daily blogging. It has been a journal, and a life's journey.

I began my blog as a bit of a lark a year ago today. I originally thought it would be a place of listing recipes, stories of our life here at Nannyland, a place to say what I want, and a place to grow as a person.  My intent was to write it for my kids, grand kids and as a testament to the Lord in some respects, with the hope that one person would read it and check out the Bible, and maybe find the Lord. I am not sure that that has always been the path that it has taken, I do think that I have tried to be faithful to that endeavor.  I know that it was my original goal to write everyday for a year, I have upheld that goal and have never missed a day, there have been a few days that I found I have more to say than one post a day would hold so wrote two, I have written 402 past posts. I have found it interesting to see number one anyone interested in reading my blog and then amazed at the amount of people who did and returned.  I have now had 12,337 page views, since August I average about 1400ish or more a month.  I have had over 35 countries visit my page, and a number of those countries consistently.  My first regular visiting country was Italy which I couldn't fathom why, later I learned it was my friend Lady Hero visiting when she was there.

I think in many ways I have stayed true to my original intent but along the way, I found no one really was all that interested in my recipes, and are the least read posts I have made.  I see the most page views when the blog is controversial and in your faces but I don't think that is the best representation of who I am or what my blog is about, I can be in your face so that is a legitimate part of my blog and I am not ashamed of any of those pages.  I have many readers who read for the animals, kids and the simple paced life we are allowed to live, we have no expectations of doing anything great or out of the ordinary just stumble along through our lives, and those reader enjoy the journey with us.  My readers vary alot sometimes, any where from 124 as an all time high and as low as 2, but that was in the beginning, usually now I have around 30 to 50 but can and do hit 90ish a day, but usually only if I have been mouthy.  I am not sure how the readers know that that blog is even there, maybe those ones are shared more, don't really know.  I have not started a "new" blog, that shows the me now and change meant change of blog.  I have a friend who starts a new blog every time she changes her ideas about what her blog should be.  No, you only get this one a darwinish evolution of me at my most blunt, basic and honest.

I have found peace in my blog, explored my past ( and still am), worked through issues with friends, neighbors, my kids and family, shared the coming of my grand kids and my relationships with them.  I have shared my love of animals and the never ending changes that occur when they are apart of your life,  You have gotten to know me in ways I am not sure you wanted to but I have always been, or tried to be, honest about who I am, what I believe and where I hope to go with my life.  I have let you share my life with my kids, grandkids, some of my friends, and most of all my love of the dear and wonderful Poppie.  I have tried to share my love of God, though I am sure some would say I fall short of what they expect a relationship with God should be, really?  I think in the end God gets to set the pace of his relationship with anyone and it is not for anyone to judge the relationship God has with anyone.  Remember that when you look down your nose on what you perceive as some one not being a Christian, how would you know the heart of anyone but yourself, do you even know your own heart that well?  I have loved every minute of blogging and am thinking I will continue on my way, I am not swearing to a daily blog for the next whole year, but do like the morning cleansing of my soul that it gives me, so I am thinking I shall continue on.  I invite you to share my journey, as some of you have, if you click on to the next blog thinking what drivel that is ok too, your life is your own and you get to decide your own path.  I am proud to have shared with those of you who get even a moments interest, joy or sadness from my posts.  I am a work in progress and you are invited to watch me fail, succeed, crash, grow and love.... tomorrow.