Nic Narrates

I came across an interesting premise in blogging while reading Susannah Conway’s beautiful blog today. Dust off a few various and sundry posts, then highlight one from another blogger you admire. Susannah’s done so, and, if you’ll indulge me, I’d like to do the same. In particular, I’m trotting out the following (and bending the “rules” a bit):

• Your first post (Mine: “My First Blog” - this post is so trite and BLAH and fearful of being anything special that it’s actually embarrassingly painful to share. Ouch.)
• A post you enjoyed writing the most (Mine: “Taking Stock” -  it felt really, really, REALLY good to reflect on and accurately portray the path that lead me to where I am at 30.)
• A post which had a great discussion (Mine: I have two posts actually… “ISO Guy with Dentist Pen” not only for all of your interesting comments but also for leading my boyfriend to find me, and “Race Relations in the Race to the Altar” because of the amazingly complex and honest responses each of you gave on such a difficult topic.)
• A post on someone else’s blog that you wish you’d written (Brandy at “It’s Like I’m…mmmagic!” has written several posts over the years that I sincerely admire, however, recently I was deeply moved by two in particular: this and this. Brandy, I hope that you have a great summer adventure with H.A.D. at Harry Potter World!) 
• Your most helpful post (Mine: “30 By 30” – I got to be the conductor of the Cliché Train all the way to Tritesville with this post, but you know what? Cliché or not, that shit is all TRUE.)
• A post with a title that you are proud of (Mine: “Remembering Putz” – maybe not so much for the title itself, but for the sentiment the post captures.)
• A post that you wish more people had read (Mine: “Cutting Through” – in an effort to be authentic and own something that will always be a part of me, this post became the most difficult narrative I’ve ever written.)

So, that’s it. Now that I’ve shown you mine, show me yours. Be sure to leave a comment with a link to your own!

*An especially timely bit of nostalgia as my blog reaches its FOUR YEAR mark next Wednesday. Who knew I had so much to say?!

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