{"id":3112,"date":"2012-07-31T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2012-07-31T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T10:00:19","slug":"its-my-one-year-blogiversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\/2012\/07\/31\/its-my-one-year-blogiversary\/","title":{"rendered":"My One Year Blogiversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>About a year ago, I decided that I\u2019d had enough of bad news. Not like news-worthy bad news, just bad news like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sorry, you didn\u2019t get the job<\/li>\n<li>nice book proposal, but we can\u2019t publish it because you are not famous<\/li>\n<li>no, we don\u2019t want to run that article<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and so on. Minor bad news, news that\u2019s only bad for writers who have this nagging urge to have someone read what they have written.<\/p>\n<p>And then, I realized that I was six or twelve years behind the times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3116\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2012\/07\/dsc_0016.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3116\" title=\"DSC_0016\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/484\/2012\/07\/dsc_0016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"461\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">{this is actually more than 2 years ago, but it captures an essential writing mama setup: the coffee, the haggard face, the child in the lap.}<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>I realized, <em>I can make my own good<\/em><em> news.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And so this blog was born. I\u2019ve tried to post something\u2013even if only an image or a list\u2013<em>every day<\/em>, and doing so has been more helpful than I thought possible. Knowing that <em>some<\/em>one would be reading (even if only my mom and my husband) kept me writing, and doing it every day, well, kept me doing it <strong>every day.<\/strong> Regularly. Which makes writing easier. I\u2019ve never been one to consistently keep much of a journal, bit knowing that, say, Nancy V. would be reading?\u00a0<em>That<\/em> kept me writing.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one other thing: blogging can be an exercise in paying attention. It makes me ask, as I go around living and breathing and reading and <strong>eating:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what is interesting\/beautiful\/ugly\/strange about this?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and in asking questions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>why does this book\/object\/article\/idea call forth such a strong response from me?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and even in something like empathy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how might other people hear\/interpret this? will it make sense? will it encourage people? what <em>will<\/em> it do?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So I have to say, friends, that I am grateful for your gentle readership. Thank you for your comments and your emails\u2013I read and treasure each one.<\/p>\n<p>Having the chance to write\u2013and to be <em>read<\/em>\u2013every day!\u2013has become good news enough for me.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rachelmariestone<\/a>, would you consider sharing it\u2013or your favorite posts\u2013with a friend or \u201cliking\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Rachel-Stone-Eat-With-Joy\/230791300297447\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rachel Stone-Eat With Joy<\/a> on Facebook?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago, I decided that I\u2019d had enough of bad news. 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