Happy Blog-birthday!

It's this blog's first year anniversary!!! I've been blogging for a year now (a year and 21 days actually) and this is a milestone for me because when I began with my first post, it was just to feed my longing to write about what happened or how I felt that came with the strong emotions I feel from time to time. I can't believe it's been 365 days, not that I post daily or regularly but a total of 72 posts is an achievement!!! This is a belated greeting though, although I did post something last June 8th of this year, just nothing about celebration and birthday. I can't believe I forgot about it! My only excuse is that I was cold and blue with colds last June 8th as evidenced by my post.

But as the saying goes, Huli man daw at magaling, naihahabol din!(huli:check!; magaling:check!)
Or in another, more "whatever goes" point of view, I don't think a celebration, no matter how late, would ever lose its value. 5 years from now, I can still celebrate my blog's first birthday, knowing and understanding that the experiences I've gained, the thoughts I've shared, and the wisdom that came with my increasing maturity, would always be with me and this online diary of mine. I've made a lot of changes in a year and I certainly enjoyed how I grew in knowledge and skill, from someone whose goal was just to figure out how this works, without any desire to share this site with anybody, to a less shy blogger now investing time and effort to develop this personal site both in terms of content and appearance.

I've changed my blog's name once, the design and layout many times, deleting and adding whatever I fancy. I consider it now as one of my favorite hobbies, both productive and distracting depending on the situation; but I can look back with pride on June 8th of last year, knowing in my heart that making the decision to blog and share bits and pieces of my life in an online diary is one of the best beginnings I've braved to make. For more than being just an outlet, this blog combines reading and writing for me, two important activities essential for my growth and maturity. I have no way of telling how I would be now if I hadn't begun blogging a year ago, but I'm very grateful to God for who I am now. I pray for many many more years of fun, laughter, excitement, challenges, inspiring thoughts,  and wonderful stories to tell! To God be the glory!

P.S.
A celebration isn't one without food!(for me:) but chips and chocolate would be good for now I guess (unless I crave for something else), bawi na lang ako on my birthday:) Coming soon!