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Posted On 12.16.08

I realized that the most transformational part of blogging was the relationships it helped form. As I have been reading lately, a lot of my peer bloggers have experienced the same phenomenon.

Yesterday, I got to experience in person the miracle of birth as my best friend delivered her second daughter after 18 hours of incredibly painful, unmedicated labor. Back labor. If you want to know more about it, Google it, and I’ll spare you the details. But suffice it to say, it was a

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Tiffany Monhollon
12.16.08

My husband met the baby I wrote about last night, and I was reminded again just how powerful new is. And how sad it is that we wait until new happens to us - a new year, a new job, a new relaitonship - to focus on that power when really, every day is an opportunity to make the most of new.

And it made me think back to a really great post by a friend of mine at the start of the year about why new year's resolutions suck: http://samdavidson.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-new-years-resolutions-suck.html

So maybe it's a little off topic from this post, but I thought maybe it was an important thougth to share.

12.16.08

@Tiffany: I remember that post! I want to say we featured it on Brazen, but since it was published last January that just wouldn't make any sense ...

And I think it's totally on topic. It's all about making a chance and not letting the New Year dictate what you already could be doing better for yourself. 

I loved this post Tiffany. One of my favorite contest submissions.

Tiffany Monhollon
12.16.08

@ Ryan - Thanks! I had a great time writing it. Always nice to write on assignment and deadline. Haha!

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