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One Thousand Posts
This is the One Thousandth post on this blog.
One thousand notes, recipes, tidbits, pictures, random thoughts…
One thousand moments of my life our lives recorded here.
I admit, I had no idea what I was doing when I started From The Land of Monkeys and Princesses
I had no clue when I started talking about lemons and road etiquette, that this blog-thing, this online note taking would someday lead to friends across the world and even introduce me to some down the street.
I had no idea where it was going to go, I didn’t even know there was a “where” that it could “go”
It was a place to store my stories, pictures and recipes – a place for family who were living in Australia, Kentucky, the wilds of Texas and elsewhere to check in on the kids and see what we were eating.
It’s pretty clear from my first posted recipe, that I had no idea how to format a post, write a recipe for a post or do any such thing – but then, I wasn’t thinking about an audience.
I was writing to remember.
To share.
To archive.
I was writing for them:
I’m not a scrapbooker and physically hand writing anything for long periods of time (5 minutes or more) causes me pain.
So I started this blog thing. I didn’t tell anyone, about it. It was a secret, something that was only for my family and something my kids could someday look back upon.
Something they could read and see, a way for them to experience life as they lived it, when they lived it, through their mom’s eyes – you know, before I was all ancient and stuff.
These were my daily, and not so daily, notes and little bits of life, my recordings, memories, photographs and takes on the things that happened… nothing more than the every day – and yet, now… 4.5 years later, I look back on them and I laugh. I cry. I roll my eyes…
and I thank God that I have each of these memories.
I thank God that I have this space to tell our stories, to share them, to store them, to treasure them.
My kids know about this space.
We talk about it, they ask me to take pictures of them and share them with the internets and to put their stories and sillies on my blog
Someday, my kids will look back on this space, these posts and they’ll read my words, see their pictures and re-experience their lives.
I can only hope and pray that it means as much to them as it does to me.
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Melisa Wells - Love this post! I’m sure your kids will fully appreciate this space, even if right now it’s just “something mommy does”.
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Sharon {Grumpy, Sleepy, and Bashful} - Congratulations on your 1000th post! Whew, that’s a lot of thoughtful, creative, personal, and honest words.
Congrats, and here’s to 1000 more!
Qweenie - 1000!!! OMG….so awesome! Love you girl!
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Allison Busenlehner - Wow!! Congrats on ur 1000th blog entry! I enjoy your posts and pics! You are a great writer and express yourself very eloquently!! Awesome blog, girl!!!!
Liz - Aaaaand, thank you for allowing us along for the ride
Happy 1000th post, my friend!!!
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Rachel - Thank you, Melisa!
Rachel - Sharon, I was beyond astonished when I saw 999 posts looming in my dashboard! ;-0
Thank you!
Rachel - <3 and you were here at the very beginning xoxoxo
Rachel - Thank you so much, Allison! <3 That means a lot to me!
Rachel - MWAH, Liz! I love that you’re one of the people this blog thing
has brought into my life and allowed me to meet first hand!
xoox
Laura in Texas - Congratulations Rachel!! Great job and thanks for letting us come along for the ride. Have a great day!!
Malia - Oh, friend! ONE THOUSAND POSTS! What a milestone! I love seeing how far you’ve come. And I’m thrilled that this blogging thing made us friends
MWAH! xoxoxoxoxo
Colleen - Mommy Always Wins - Congrats on hitting 1000! I just realized the other day my 4th blogiversary passed without notice. Crazy how time flies!
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Deannado - I’m so thrilled and proud of you. Who was it who said…?
<3 u!
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BusyDad - I’m so happy you started this blog. I gained a friend from it. Also, scary that I probably read most of these 1000 posts. Congrats, friend!!
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Rachel - Thank YOU, Laura! I’m glad this blog thing brought us together in this small world!
Rachel - Congrats to YOU Colleen! Amazing how far we’ve come, right? Hard to believe how long we’ve been on this crazy ride xo
Rachel - Hush
<3
Rachel -
From cre8buzz to BlogHops to Grilled Cheese to Jambalaya — I’m so glad to know you, friend.
Rachel - MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAH!!!!!!!!! Thank you, Malia! I’m so glad, too!
bebe - And I have read every word and looked at each picture of the 1000 posts; some have been read several times. Your blog has been such a gift to your father and me since we can’t see the kids on a daily basis. So proud of you, dear daughter of mine.
Rachel - love you, mom.
Natalie @ Cooking for My Kids - Happy 100th post! And, I loved it. Absolutely loved it. I love that you started and continue the blog for your children. I do the same…and I hope that I still am in 4 1/5 years. Just beautiful.
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Dana - Congrats on a huge milestone!!!
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GenaMazzeo - Wow…I am not worthy. You’re one of the bloggers who inspires me to write more, and I hope one day to be celebrating this milestone of my own. In the meantime, I’ll just keep reading your brilliance. Cause it’s better anyway. {{{{{HUGS}}}}}
Rachel - Thank you, Natalie!!
Rachel - Dana, Thank you so much!
Rachel - Oh Gena <3 <3 <3
Paula - Oh I’m sure that this blog will mean as much to your kids (and grand kids) as it does to you and to us! Congratulations on this 1000th look at your past, present and future snippets of your life you share with your very special family and with us
Rachel - Thank you for being such a wonderful part of this online world, Paula
Laura in Texas - I’m so glad it brought us together too! Who knew our families knew each other all these years!!
MainlineMom aka Sarah - Congrats!!! Big milestone
I started much the same way. Part of me cringes when I look back 7 years ago at my posts but I’m glad to have them!
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Sarah - Awww, sweetpea. Happy 1000. I adore you so much and am so glad and grateful for this blogging world – because I wouldn’t have met you otherwise.
You know I was supposed to meet you, right? There was a Rachel-sized hole in my world before I met you and it was just waiting for you to come fill it up
Luff you. You are over due for a trip to MI.
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Sleeping Mom - Congratulations! What an amazing milestone.
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Mr Lady - 1K is a HUGE deal! Congrats. We are all so glad you started it up, too!
Love to you all…
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Laura (@chambanalaura) - What an accomplishment. Beautiful post by a beautiful person, inside and out! Thank you for sharing yourself with us.
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erin margolin - Rachel,
WOW. 1000 posts? I don’t even know how many I’ve written, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near that. Now you have me wanting to tally up! LOL
I love what your space has become and how it’s evolved. And I’m so happy that I know you IRL and have met you at Blissdom and can brag about all your awesome recipes, food photographs, tidbits about your kids and your life, etc.
Congratulations on such a momentous occasion. Proud of you. You are a Woman To Watch!
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Rachel - Sarah, going through some of my first posts, it took all my willpower not to delete them. EEEK!
Congratulations on SEVEN years!!!!
<3
Rachel - FRIEND! <3 I adore you <3
Rachel - Thank you
Rachel - love you, friend. Thank you <3
Rachel - Thank you, Laura. Your sweet words mean so much to me <3
Rachel - Thank you so much, Erin. I’m so thrilled to have met you and now know you IRL, too. <3 <3 <3
Kristen - 1,000 posts is a HUGE accomplishment!! Congrats (and loved this very Hallmark post, my friend!)
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Jennifer, Playgroups are no place for children - So sweet, so true. Scrapbooking is for the birds. Blogs are where it’s at…or so I’ve heard.
Beautiful, Rachel.
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