I have been in the blogging business for over a year now and I never imagined how much joy and peace it would give me, and continues to give me. I never know what my final product will be or how far I will go or what new revelations I will discover when I begin writing a topic. Writing makes me dig deeper than even my inner thoughts do when I’m just thinking. I wanted to first say THANK YOU to everyone and anyone who actually reads my blog, whether you’re a one time visitor or a dedicated follower. There are a few things I want to highlight (some self marketing, if you will) to ensure you know everything I offer outside of a weekly article. If you look to the right column, you will find a “Buy Now” button through paypal, to buy a paperback hardcopy version of my book. Not too many of you are purchasing it this way so after one month I’m going to disable that. Another reason I’m disabling that function is because you can now buy my book on Amazon for your Kindle or Fire! More and more people are preferring to buy their books this way and it is cheaper. It is $12.99 hard copy or $9.99 on Amazon. Also in the right column are links to some of my favorite websites for adoptees. If you’d like to be on this list, let me know! Ok here is a very important and discouraging fact I need to discuss: My subscription service isn’t working! I love to see my subscriber number increasing by leaps and bounds everyday and it upsets me greatly that you all are not getting the email telling you when I post a new article. I’ve known for quite some time but have been trying to fix it and have worked with my hosting service numerous times to no avail. It is actually a problem with the plugin tool itself and until they work out the issue, I’m helpless. I could delete that service and use a new one but I lose over 3,800 subscribers if I do so I would ask that you please hang in there and hopefully it is resolved soon. In the meantime, if you want to know when I post a new article, go to my Facebook page and hit “Like” and you will see it in your newsfeed! You can also follow me on Twitter and Instagram, handle name for both is lizstory0611, for updates. As for the format of my blog, I like the short thought pieces that flow down in one page with the archives in a link to the right. Please go back and check out my other articles, too. I like that the page isn’t cluttered with links and ads all over the place making it easy to view and absorb. However, if you have any suggestions for me in how to make it better, I would love to hear them! Finally, I just want to thank each and every one of you that take the time to read my thoughts on this wildly diverse subject of adoption from all sides and all opinions. I am not anti/pro anything. I just want to make people think and I want to help people heal. I don’t typically get comments on my posts that aren’t spam so I highly encourage you to speak up and be interactive. I truly want to hear your thoughts, even if they’re negative towards me or my ideals. I know we are not all the same and I think that’s a great thing. Each adoptee has a different experience and I’d love to post your story if you want to be heard. Again, I thank everyone who has taken a moment to read my blog; I hope you come back for more! xoxo