I know I promised, but I'm getting a perverse pleasure for using the word "Update" - maybe it's because it 2:30 in the morning and normal humans are in bed.
This is my 86th post. Nothing remarkable about 86 but I'm too impatient to wait for a round figure and I've been thinking about this post for a while. This is actually dedicated to the first set of wonderful ladies to comment on my blog. My blogroll keeps changing and I'm sure theirs did as well. Who are the people that stay on your blogroll and why? For me, sometimes we're joined by shared circumstances, sometimes by a shared faith and sometimes they just carved themselves a spot in my heart.
So here are my pioneer 7
- JJ - Writer extraordinaire and one of the people I consider a pillar of support to a lot of IF bloggers. (You can tell by the number of comments on her blog). She also just became a contributor to Redbook's Infertility Diaries
- Becks - Still on by blogroll but with a new site and a new ID. She got me closest to considering acupunture. Close enough to make an appointment but that was as far as I could bravely go. Plus we both love the xmas song "when a child is born" except I like the Boney M version
- Dianne - Currently taking a year off ttc. Not a blogroll member
- Stephanie - She no longer has a blog off her profile but from her reading list, I'd guess she's now a mommy or on the way there
- Tracey - On this journey to be a single mother by choice. We kept up for a while and then just as IRL we drifted apart. Not on my current blogroll
- Mary Ellen - I'm not sure anyone can read ME's blog or have her comment on their blog and not fall in love with her. She's just an encouraging angel. She had a major loss this year that really shook me up and I still think about on a regular basis and wonder why. After her loss, she made he blog more private and password protected and is not on my current blogroll
- Mony - My favorite Australian. She's now mommy to Little Cooper and posts the most adorable pictures of him. Having followed her journey through ttc, pregnancy, birth and the first few months, her little boy is the cyber-nephew that gives me hope and a smile and a physical evidence that miracles still happen. I rarely comment, but I'm a vey inspired stalker of her blog :)
So there you have it. The first 7 women to welcome me into the neighbourhood with the proverbial cookies and apple pie baked with unconditional acceptance, love & encouragement. Here's a toast to you ladies. This 86th post is dedicated to you.
