{"id":13245,"date":"2016-03-19T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13245"},"modified":"2016-03-19T10:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T18:24:23","slug":"ive-never-had-a-blog-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13245","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve never had a blog anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because I never really intended to have a blog, I&#8217;ve never had a blogging anniversary. \u00c2\u00a0My blog grew out of my grief and loss. \u00c2\u00a0I can&#8217;t seem to tell anyone\u00c2\u00a0what I feel but if I pick up a pen or start to type, wow, there I am!<\/p>\n<p>I had intended to work on finishing our adoption story today, but instead I&#8217;m finding myself lost in my blog. \u00c2\u00a0At some point I put together a list of my favorite posts &#8211; I really don&#8217;t even remember doing it &#8211; so I added it to my menu above. \u00c2\u00a0And I&#8217;m remembering why I like some of them.<\/p>\n<p>Like, <a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=361\" target=\"_blank\">Where I&#8217;m from<\/a>, where I shared some special memories.<\/p>\n<p>And, the last time I<a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10\" target=\"_blank\"> visited my Grandma <\/a>Magdalene.<\/p>\n<p>And a<a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=41\" target=\"_blank\"> poem I wrote about grief<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And sharing<a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=701\" target=\"_blank\"> posts from friends<\/a> that encourage me! \u00c2\u00a0A few year later I bought this print from that same friend. &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4408\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4408\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=4408\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG ST70 \\\/ VLUU ST70 \\\/ SAMSUNG ST71&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1293853334&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;COPYRIGHT, 2009&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"012a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4408\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"012a\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/012a.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you will read some of my favorite blog posts. 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