Happy Anniversary Syd

Today, September 19 is the one year anniversary of Syd’s blog, Adrenalines Shadow.

The blog started as a therapeutic tool to help her with loss and grief, but it soon became much more than a daily dump. People started reading and telling others about the incredible heart and soul, and the “in the moment” writing style.

The readers were entertained by her fits of passion and furry and most of all her three year old sage nephew, TLF. She rips up clothing, breaks glasses and porch fans. She shoots at stuff. She loves her wife and partner of 15 years. She loves her animals and her farm.

I found Syd’s blog during my first few days of blogging. I was at the blogger dashboard where you log in to work on your blog. On the dashboard you can see recently updated blogs scrolling by. I saw the name Adrenaline’s Shadow, and I don’t know what drew me to it, but I clicked on it. Normally when you click on a blog you are confronted with baby pictures, dog pictures or Asian girls smiling with a table of food in front of them. Shoes are another big blog item. This blog was nothing like the other blogs out there.

It was May when I first logged onto her blog. I started with the article that popped up, and it was good, so I scrolled down to the next story, it was good. I kept scrolling and then I read through all her archives. An hour or so later I knew that I had a new sister.

It seems that Syd is a sister to many now. She could probably post a one word story and have 20 comments from readers within an hour. Recently a local Astoria bloggist, motherhoodishell.blogspot.com went on a blog tour to see how long it would take for her to be linked back to this town. After an hour or so she ended up at Syd’s blog where I had left a comment, which took her back to Astoria.

I have people who email me to tell me that they read my blog every day, but more so that they read Syd’s blog everyday and thank me for the link. Syd’s blog is by the way, the only blog link I have. Oddly, I have it there because I’m too lazy to use a bookmark, but many of you tell me you use it every day, so it’s staying.

Astoria-Rust readers, please visit Syd’s blog, and leave her a happy blog anniversary comment. I know ya’ll love her, too. She spends all that time in the Internet to keep us entertained, so please leave her a comment of appreciation.

Syd, thank you for a wonderful year of entertaining reading. Thank you for the personal emails, encouragement and love you’ve sent my way in the past few months. You are a wonderful sister to all of us, “Darlin.” Love ya more than you will even know.