Kelsey at 4 days' old. Me... a lot less gray!
Apparently, I need to say something TODAY on my website, or else post something tomorrow and futz with the date settings to make it look like I posted today! Because I can do that. I have the power. See that Twitter feed over there? I did that. I have some skillz. You may bow to my awesome now. *waits*
Anyway, this July, I celebrate the anniversary of my 100th month of parenting, and also my 100th month of non-consecutive-seldom-updated-oh-wait-I-have-a-blog? BLOGGING ABOUT PARENTING!! I put my first post up on my shiny new blog–which lived at the very ingeniously named URL “www.kelsey.thunderdog.com”– on March 18th, 2002. Want to read it? It is here. Feel free to go through the archives if you want to follow my insanity from its messy origins!
This website has been a labor of love for me for more than 8 years. We’ve gone through a number of website names: kelsey.thunderdog, kids.thunderdog, The Adventures of Kelsey and Laurel, ROAR, Dancing Stars, and finally MotherMirth. Allen Holt (who also has his own blog, and it is AWESOME!) has been my co-conspirator, my cheerleader, my pillar of support all these years. And he still likes me! Wow. I think I’ll keep him.
Thank you, readers. Without you, I… well, I’d still be writing here because I need the catharsis, but I would be just talking to myself. And thank you to my 3 amazingly wonderful children, who continue to do funny and interesting things to make me think, laugh, and cry. I adore you.
To get a fresh start on the NEXT 100 months of blogging, tell me what you like to read. What are your favorite posts/subjects? Want more photos? What do you like and NOT like about the site redesign? Talk to me!