500 posts ago...

I was wondering if I had enough to say to keep a blog going. I had a web site for pictures of Princess to share with family and friends, many of whom are scattered across the four corners of the globe, but it had become difficult to navigate and update, and so I decided to look for another way. A bunch of Moms on the yahoo homeschool preschool group that I belong to, started talking about the best way to share pictures with each other of what we were doing and how. Somehow, we hit upon Blogger. I am so glad that we did. Many of those Moms are still blogging today, although not all of them update as often as I would like. Don't get your knickers in a twist gals, I am not going to call you out right here in this public forum, you know who you are, so go update before i change my mind! ;-) Blogging added yet more wonderful women in my life, so many of whom I now proudly call friend. Each of you hold a special place in my heart, I hope you know that. It is easy to forget that although homeschooling has become more common, we are certainly not, mainstream. Easy to forget, because we have built a haven here in the blogosphere, filled with a diverse group of parents who are warm and caring, snarky and funny, ingenious and creative, thoughtful and accepting of others whether we are like them, or not.And that is just the ones who read and comment here! Imagine if the whole world were like us? I must stop here, to give those of you who just spit your morning coffee out your noses and onto your computer screens a chance to wipe them down. Seriously, there have been many days when my blog world kept me going. Days, when you were the only other homeschoolers I knew of and I needed your guidance and support more than air itself. You gave it. I can not thank you all enough.