Today, after 14 years, of daily posting, I am thinking – what will I be doing one year from now?

It will be a milestone. I hope to still be “at this”, this thing called “Hat Girl’s Take on Marketing and Life”. My blog.

It’s been a bit.

I have done this through my “real job” and personal travels. East and west, north and south, overseas and nearby. At home, on the road. From a mobile device and using a hot spot.

In this time, you have been with me as I contemplate life, mull over ideas and share opinions. Maybe frenetic, all over the place or totally focused and professional or personal.

In this time…a lot has passed us by.

I have lost my dad, both of my parents-in-love (with whom I lived for 17 years of my life – nearly as long as my own parents but this time as an adult. I chose to have them live with us, with our own kids and we all miss them so very much.) Plus, other friends and loved ones lost. BUT – I have gained countless new friends and family members, too. Between (my day job), my volunteer work, my hobbies, kids in school, family marriages and beautiful – amazing babies.

So much living. So much yet to do, enjoy and remember.

I enjoy it all and hope that you do, too.

Here is the link to that first milestone post, sent out into the world all those years ago. Posts (in fact) from this very same beach town. Not the same house – but on a mini-break from the every day, at the end of a summer. That is when I made a commitment to myself. To do THIS new thing. Just for me and, well, for anyone else who will read it, too.

A daily post to this blog. Accomplished. Fourteen… (LOL. She’s solidly a teenager.)

Cheers to Hat Girl. Cheers to ME. Cheers to you for sticking with it.

Maybe you are new or have been with me all along, but you will go back to the beginning. Numero uno. (It is still true today, I believe it. No Farms. No Food.) I won’t say that these two posts are my very best work, but they are memorable.

Maybe one day I will create a Best Of Post and share the ones that I think have the most meaning; family – emotions – life.

For now, these two will get you going, or remind you of why you follow along.

Where will this blog (or I) be one year from now? Who knows. Maybe right here, in this same spot – or, nearby in a cozy, happy space. Definitely with my family who support me through this every single night. That is my wish for you too by the way (support from your family. They matter MOST.) I hope it comes true for me and you. Thanks for reading. Comment if you would like. Share if compelled. Thank. You. So very much.

~ Dawn aka Hat Girl