A Successful-Blog Birthday Post!
from Rick Cockrum
She has her eyes. He has his nose. She has your smile.
All babies show the mark of the genes of their parents. Blogs are no different. Any blog with a soul bears the mark of its author as surely as any child is marked by the genes of it’s parents.
You’re not a stranger any more.
Those are some of the first words that I and many others read when we came through the doors of Successful-Blog. That’s where Liz shows through. The saloon-keeper’s daughter had a baby and raised her up to be a friendly place where anyone is welcome. It’s a place to read, to learn, to share, to talk. And now she’s turning two. As a human, Successful-Blog would just be a toddler. As a blog, she’s coming into her maturity.
Successful-Blog was one of the first blogs I began reading regularly. As others have said before, I came for the information and stayed for the conversation. One of the most important things that’s happened because of Successful-Blog is the relationships that have happened around it. Many of the names in my blogroll are people I’ve met through Successful-Blog, people like Joe, Chris, Carolyn, Ben, Tony, Terry, Phil, Christine.
Tuesday night open comments has been especially influential. That’s where SOBCon was born. Terry and I planned a song together. I decided that Hey, it may not be great, but it’s okay to put my verse online. At last year’s birthday party Liz invited us to bring a link. I brought Your Life, Your Greatest Work Of Art. In that post I said
Your life is the greatest act of imagination and creative expression that you can know
Successful-Blog brings that to our virtual world.
Happy Birthday, Successful-Blog!
You’re not a stranger any more.
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The party is Oct. 24th! Come for the surprises! Bring a link to your success!!! 
What a lovely tribute!
I just wandered onto this site for the first time, at the suggestion of Lisa Gates of Design Your Writing Life.
And here I’ve come upon a party already underway, never mind that the official date hasn’t yet arrived.
This is indeed a happening place. Nice work, Liz.
Rick, I think that’s a great description of what this blogging saloon (and its owner) offers to all of us. And I love the quote – one to cut out and keep 🙂
Joanna
Hi Peggy, and welcome. I’m glad Lisa invited you in.
You’re right. This is a happening place. Make sure you stop in for the party tomorrow, too.
Speaking for Liz, You’re not a stranger anymore.
Hi Joanna,
It is the truth, isn’t it (the description)?
One of my ambitions is to make it into Bartletts. Thanks for getting me started on my way. 😉
Thanks, Rick. I’ll pop in tomorrow. Must decide what to wear.
Oh Rick!
I’m so sorry that I’m miscoded that before I left in the wee hours of the morning. Now it looks as it should to justice to your lovely writing. 🙂
Thank you, for being the host while I was gone. I leave to you still. 🙂
Hey, Joanna!
Both you and Rick are so perception and insightful. It’s no wonder you write so well. 🙂
Peggy,
Welcome! Rick is right! You’re not a stranger anymore. Just throw on some jeans and head on over! 🙂
I thought I read that you were on the fly today, so I thought I would pop in. 🙂
Happy Birthday!
Hi Whim!
It’s so great to see you! I hope the project is going well!
I am in love with learning more about mother-daughter communication and relationships as I have grown to have a strong relationship with my mom. I am currently a graduate student working on my thesis which is going to focus on mother daughter communication once the daughter graduates high school and moves away to college and how technology aids in maintaining their relationships once the daughter moves away. I have started a blog in hopes of getting the chance to communicate with other mothers and daughters in order to find out their experiences, observations, experiences about the relationship they share.
So if you are a daughter who has just graduated high school and are about to move away from home or have already moved away from home or if you are a mother who has a daughter that fits this criteria I would GREATLY appreciate any and all help with my thesis research. And please pass this link on to any mothers and daughters who fit this criteria as well.
I am still in the beginning stages but here is the link to my blog:
http://mother-daughter-communication-2011.blogspot.com/
Thank you!