My Ten Favorite Posts

This week is a big week for me and for this little blog.

It started on Saturday when I had a post featured on Scary Mommy.  She has over 100,000 Facebook followers and 320,000+ Twitter followers.  Comparatively, my blog is a peon in the blogosphere.  That is why being featured on the Scary Mommy site is such a huge thing for me.

Today, Tuesday, I am the SITS featured blogger!  SITS is an online community for bloggers where you can get tips on everything from social media to making money through your blog.  The SITS girls even host conferences called Bloggy Boot Camp.  In fact, I'm going the one on Minneapolis in October and I am really excited!  It will be my first blogging conference.  Each day, Monday through Friday, they feature a blogger from their community and today is my day!

Finally, tomorrow, I will be the guest blogger for Kristi at Finding Ninee.  Kristi has created a series called Our Land - a place where empathy and wonder rule.  The series is full of fantastic, poignant pieces and I am truly honored to be one of the contributors.  The piece I wrote is dear to my heart.  I hope you will visit tomorrow and take moment to read it.  Then, take several moments to read all of the other incredible post in the series.

All of these "appearances" are fabulous and make me feel very special.  To have them all happen in the span of a few days is a tad overwhelming - in a good way.  Of course, one anticipated side benefit of these opportunities is that, hopefully, it will bring a few new readers here to The Golden Spoons.  With that in mind, I thought  for today's Tuesday Ten and share with you my ten favorite blogs posts.

A little history: I published my first post on February 26, 2010.  Since then, I have published 333 posts and received just over 62,000 page views.  At first, I had no idea what blogging was about.  Over time, I learned more and more.  About six months ago, in search of a sense of self accomplishment, I decided to really try and make something of my minuscule little blog.  Since then, I have been promoting, writing, and submitting like crazy.  I have met LOTS of wonderful new blog friends and been given several awesome opportunities.

My Ten Favorite Golden Spoons Blog Posts

1. Lessons I Want To Teach My Daughters - My all-time most favorite post.    
2. Kids Say The Darndest Things - The first one; the story I just had to tell that led me to start the blog.
3. Rachel and MamMaw - A Post about my oldest daughter and my wonderful grandmother.
4. Talking In All Caps - A post about how my children always speak loudly.
5. Dear CeCe - A Letter to the foster child we once had (She is also the subject of my Our Land post.
6. One Word - A more recent Finish The Sentence Friday about one word that changed everything.
7. A Letter To My Daughter Upon Entering Middle School - Another more recent post that is exactly what it says.
8. What My Girls Love About Their Daddy - This post was a Father's Day gift to my hubby.
9. Terror in the Minivan - A terrifying post about a ride in the minivan and my girls . . and a spider.
10. Tightrope Walking - Because parenting is a delicate balancing act.

With over 300 posts published, it is pretty hard to pick just ten.  For more of my favorites, click here.

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