Sunday, January 28, 2007

One Year Old

No, not Ada. She's nineteen months, for those who care about such things. No, I'm talking about the blog. The blog - my time sink, my indulgence, my vanity project...

To celebrate, well, this thing, this piece of me, I dug into my archives to see what I've been doing here the past year. After looking back through a year's worth of posts, the thing that knocks me out is not how much I have learned, or how much better my writing has gotten (oh, I wish), but how much more hair Ada has! Wow was she a baldy!


At first I thought this thing would be about Ada, a record of her development. But eh, that gets boring. How often can I write (and how often can you read) about her poop or what she's just learned to say? (Well, maybe you can take it once in a while. How could I not tell you that this week's word is Zamboni?) But rolling ice smoothing machines aside, it didn't take me too long to realize what I wanted to say was really more about being with Ada, being her parent.

I started out not really knowing which of us is the nonlinear girl - Ada or me. I am still not sure. We are both wandering, not following a plan. Maybe one side benefit is that when she's older she can see what I was thinking about, know it is okay not to have a plan. It took me so long to figure that one out for myself; maybe I can make it a little easier for her. Even if it does not mean anything to her later, it is still fun for me now. That should be enough for a little vanity project.

What the hell does that mean, nonlinear girl?

9 comments:

  1. Happy Blogiversary! I've been reading your posts for a while - I admire the fact that you are ok not having a plan. I am, too, but it took me a while to accept that. I also love your Random Quote & Unrelated Photos - too funny. Good luck for another year...hope you won't mind if I keep checking in!

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  2. Here's to the first year of nonlinear girl.

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  3. Zamboni! That's awesome.

    Congrats to you on your first year!

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  4. Regardless of your original purpose or how it has changed, I am glad you're here! Your blog is always a delightful read.

    Congrats on the one-year anniversary!

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  5. happy blogthday. here's to many more of them *raises glass of tepid decaff* (sorry, it's all I had to hand)

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  6. Congrats on one year! Here's to many more vanity-laden, life-inspiring posts. It's all good.

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  7. thanks for a wonderful year of thoughtfulness.

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  8. thanks for your blog's wonderful unpredictability and for valuing the nonlinear path.

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  9. I cannot believe that I came late your blogiversary! Happy belated!

    (And - I think that we share the date...)

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