It is hard to believe that I have actually posted a 100 times since starting this adventure. Blogging is one of the best things I have tried to do as an adult and I am really enjoying it. I have learned so much over the last couple of years and can only say thank you to everyone who has taken the time to reply with a comment or a “like” to my posts. I am thankful that all of you just take the time to stop in a read once in a while. It is amazing how many wonderful people I have met through this adventure. I am lucky to call people from all over the world my friends, from several down under in Australians to a hard-working Canadian, a few transplanted Americans who are in Bosnia and Chile and people from all over the USA who share my interests. It is a wide wonderful world and I am soooo glad I write with all of you!.
This year has seen much less travel, hunting and fishing then I had hoped to write about here at Mountain Mama. Things here have changed as things always do. I have had a broken bone in my foot for 12 months and when every thing is done I will have been in a cast 14 months. Who in the world would have thought that a bone around the size of a dime would cause this much pain and hassle. Then we were informed that my mother in law has throat cancer and we have gone through treatment and she is now living with my family. The cancer alone has changed our whole family and all of our lives. It is a constant struggle to maintain her health at this point and I spend much of my day waiting on her needs and wants. It is worth every struggle to see her regain her health and independence over the next few months. I have gone from a career woman and mom, to a full-time care giver, house wife and homestead gardener over these last 100 posts.
I had high hopes when I started blogging that in some way I would find a way to make an income from my posts and be one of those bloggers who travels the world for free with their blog. I was thinking that blogging would some day be my work but instead it is my love. I would not want to get payed and sponsored into some kind of box. I love that this is a limitless space where I am free to share things with like-minded friends. I love to share my failures and gains with all of you. I love that like a stone thrown into a clam water the ripples that my words create flow away in never-ending rings…. that some where in cyberspace I have found all of you and you have sent your ring of words back to me.
So as I look back over the last 100 times that I have sent messages out in to the Cyber Universe I can see so much improvement in my blog and my posts. It has been a great therapy for me and my creative soul and I just hope to keep sharing, learning.
~THANK YOU FROM WILD WONDERFUL WEST VIRGINIA~
Congratulations! This is a wonderful accomplishment. I truly enjoy your posts and am so glad that I was able to meet you through your blog. If not for this venue we probably never would have met. Keep up the great work and I look forward to reading more…as always.
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Tilly we just have so much in common and I really enjoy your posts too! I agree we are lucky to have found each other… keep writing I will keep reading and maybe some day our paths with cross in person!
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Thank you for sharing the sights of West Virginia and the adventures you’ve had there and in your kitchen. I have really enjoyed following you through this blog and I am looking forward to whatever comes next. You are a good blog friend too. You have followed my page as it too has evolved over this time. Like you, I can’t wait to see where this leads. Enjoy the milestone!
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thank you so much Dan it has been my pleasure and I am so glad we are friends
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Congratulations on your 100th post JoLynn. Its amazing that you have been able to keep blogging, despite the odds. Truly inspiring!
Shall look forward to the 1000th post soon 😀
Stay blessed!
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Ausaf… thank you so much! Some times taking photos and writing are my only way to relax and unwind. I find it one of the hobbies that I can still do either at home or away so I am still able to keep up with some of my writing.
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Congrats on reaching your 100th post and may many more to come! 🙂
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Happy 100th post Jolynn! Must say that your unique style and location make your blog an easy favorite
of mine. Here’s to your next 100 posts. enjoy your day, Eddie
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Eddie I am so happy to think that you enjoy my little blog as much as I enjoy yours…. thank you
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