We’re all preparing for a great 2009. We’re hopeful, inspired, making plans. We’re organizing. We’re creating budgets. We’re saying good-bye to one year and ushering in another. Which is why it’s the perfect day to say thank you to the gals who established this community as they step forward to new opportunities.
Kathryn, Jenny, and Eve, the founders of Seattle Mom Blogs, have passed the torch to Mamaspod. We’re excited to come together and bring both podcasted reviews of places you suggest, interviews of local bloggers and reviewing recommendations from resources like Red-Tricycle, and Parent Map. You’ll see these updates occuring over the next few weeks as we launch our exciting new section. Everything else remains the same with the same fantastic columnist writing the quality posts you’ve come to love and enjoy.
But before we start the new year, we want to make a promise to you: Our resolution is simple, one word actually, and it’s “Connect.” We’re honored to be trusted with this community to continue the momentum Eve, Kathryn, and Jenny started. We couldn’t fill their shoes but we’re honored to walk in their wake.
So thank you, Jenny, Kathryn, and Eve, for getting such an amazing group of women together. For thinking of community in our local area. For wanting to bring moms together in person as well as online. It’s been freaking lovely to meet each of you and I know this isn’t a good-bye, just a new venture for you all. We’re glad to keep alive your vision and hope you’ll stay close.
Do you have a story you can share? Do you have a memory from SMB that you want to post? Let us hear it. Tell thank you to these ladies who brought us together. I know I personally gained not just a new venue to share thoughts but friends I consider real. So thank you, ladies. Very. Much.
The next gathering will be sometime in February. We’re starting an anual wine-tasting event. Watch for that announcement. We may need plastic wine cups, though. As it’s been told, ONE OF US breaks things. (And thank you for that memory, too, ladies. It’s one of my favorite SMB stories: That night at the Method Party that I totally SPAZZED and broke a glass. Rad. I love you for loving me anyway.)
Much love and bringing in the happiest of New Years!
Yes, thank you to you three amazing ladies for launching this site and letting me be a part of it!
The opportunities and memories I’ve had because of you are priceless. I am so grateful for each and every thing each of you has done for all of us here at SMB!
Can’t wait for our next meet-up!
Oh, and thank you to Mamaspod for picking up where they left off…I’m very excited to see where you lead us!
Happy New Year everyone!
Thanks so much for everything! I’m so excited to see what you do with the site. I’m so grateful for all the nice things you said about us and I can’t wait for us all to get together again… off the web.