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It’s here! Made to Mother is officially one year old! And what a crazy year it has been…hundreds of powerful mama stories shared, an amazing community of new friends made and a big, open horizon of opportunities stretched before me that I couldn’t have even imagined a year ago!
I always considered myself a writer and when I began Made to Mother, it was mostly with the goal in mind of gathering research for my next book. And while, it has served that purpose brilliantly, it has also been so much fun and made me realize how much I love blogging! I hope that M2M will continue to thrive as a community for women to share and hear diverse stories of motherhood.
On another note, welcome to M2M’s new site! Isn’t it beautiful? I am so proud of it and I hope you like it, too. I have redesigned it to be more user-friendly while still maintaining the simplicity that I loved about the old one. A few things to check out…on the sidebar you will notice an easy-to-navigate archive of all the older stories and posts, and even a search so readers can find a certain story topic they are looking for. You might also see that those annoying ads from WordPress are gone at the bottom (thank God!) WP.com did not allow me to have any control over those ads and some were not appropriate for M2M’s audience so I am glad to see them go! In their place, there a few other affiliate ads and links that I have put up. It has been and will continue to be my promise to my readers that I will not shameless promote or clutter this site with ads and sales pitches. BUT, I do have to pay the bills…hosting a website is not free. And while I do not have aspirations of becoming a mega-blogger or participate in every blogging campaign out there to make money, I will keep a few a few of my favorite affiliate companies and products on here in the slight chance that you might be interested in their services. Need a good hosting company? I just adore SiteGround’s unbeatable support. Like M2M’s theme design? I am proud to say that I got it from Restored316 beautiful, feminine designs, backed by a strong framework that gives power and usability behind my blog’s functionality and security.
But on to the real reason you’re here, right? M2M’s Season of Giving Countdown to Christmas Big Giveaway!!! I am so excited about this package and was proud to hand-pick each item for you. Please feel free to keep them for yourself this holiday season or give them away in the spirit of giving. Enter below, where FOUR winners will be chosen to receive a copy of Sarah Mae’s More Than Candy Christmas advent activity ebook and ONE lucky entrant will win the big giveaway package, which includes:
- Sarah Mae’s More Than Candy eBook
- OhAmanda’s Truth in The Tinsel Advent eBook
- Two Ambassador Books: My Grandma’s Crazy and Chocolate Socks
- Three Icon Media Books: Colliding with Destiny, The Passion Translation and Dashing Dish
- $30 eGift Certificate for The Root Collective
- 50 Customizable Place Cards and (4) “&” Place Card Holders from Mary&Martha
- A beautiful, handcrafted angel ornament from Ornaments4Orphans
- Revelation 3:20 unmounted print by Red Letter Words
Thank you for celebrating M2M’s one year blog-iversary with me and visiting my new site. I wish you and yours the most blessed time with those you love and the happiest season of our Lord’s birth.
Hi, congrats on your one year anniversary, I am your neighbour at What Joy Is Mine, blessings.
Congrats on you one year anniversary! How exciting for you! I love the simple design and ease of navigation. Thank you for sharing this post over at The Weekend Brew.
Congratulations on your one year anniversary of your blog. I do hope you can earn some money from your affiliates. Thanks for sharing with us here at “Tell me a True Story.”
This is my first visit to M2M. Happy Anniversary. It is always nice to acknowledge the accomplishments we meet at the end of the goals we set. Way to go! I really like the clean look of your site. I am contemplating redesigning and I love the Restored 316 designs, so I was excited to see that yours was one of them.
Encouraging mommas is such a necessary gift. Thank you for being faithful to that calling.
Blessings,
Dawn
Congratulations on your blog turning one! I celebrated my one year blogiversary back in Aug so I’m not that far ahead of you! Visiting from #TurnitupTuesday
Happy Birthday to your Blog. Providing a place for all kinds of Moms to tell their stories is so powerful, and I have enjoyed getting to know so many different kinds of mothers in this space. Thank you for faithfully linking with Unforced Rhythms.
Congratulations on your blog’s first year anniversary! Many more years!
Congratulations on your one year old (blog)! Love your site design. Gonna check out Restored 316.
Visiting from the Shine Blog Hop Christmas Party by the way! Nice to meet you!
A year has really flown by fast!! Happy Blogoversary and Merry Christmas!!
Congratulations on the new site and design. It looks great around here!
How exciting that Made to Mother is turning 1 – awesome!
Thanks for sharing at the #CHRISTMASbloghop!
Wishing you a lovely weekend and a very Merry Christmas.
xoxo
Happy blogaversary! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. xo