It’s hard to believe that the month of April is already over as well as the A to Z Challenge for 2013. I remember finding out about the challenge toward the end of March and thought it was a pretty kewl idea to take a letter from the alphabet for each day of the month.
I knew right from the get go that I’d be doing it about my daughter. However, I had to come up with what each letter for would signify. Here were all the words I used this month:
Amazing beautiful caring dare-devil energy faith giving heal independence joy kindred–spirit loving Mari’s-world night open patient quest remember serious time unconditional vivacious walk eXtraordinary yummy zest
Those are some great words and all can describe either who Mari was or her little world. The amazing part about the A to Z Challenge is that I almost missed the opportunity to be apart of it. I think I only found out about it about six or seven days before it started on April 1. God was guiding my path as He lead me to the challenge. I loved being apart of this so much. I was able to share with others the blessings of knowing our daughter even though they may have never met her.
I can’t wait for next years challenge. It will be interesting what I come with. More than likely it will be about my daughter but that is probably not hard to imagine. I mean, after all this is her dedication site. J. My sincerest hope is that everyone who participated in the challenge enjoyed it as much as I did. Also, I hope all those who came by to see what I wrote about on any given day may have found what I wrote about my daughter encouraging or a blessing somehow.
If you don’t mind, please leave a comment to let me know what you thought of the challenge this month.
I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing Mari with us.
Thank you Joanne. I felt blessed to be able to share a little bit of who my daughter Mari was with everyone. My hope is you saw her in a new light and just how special of a person she was to those who knew her while she was alive.
Congrats on completing the challenge, this was my fourth so I guess that speaks for it’s self.
Well done.
Yvonne.
A TO Z AMBASSADOR.
Wow, four times already. That is pretty kewl. I’ve already started to plan for next year as I enjoyed doing this one so much.
I did not find your blog until today. Congratulations on finishing the challenge. I will be back to read your posts.
Paula’s Place
Wow, Paula, thank you. I’m glad you found it. I hope you will enjoy reading the posts.
Congratulations on completing the Challenge, especially with the last minute start. I hope sharing special thoughts of your daughter gave you comfort.
All the best,
Faye
Thank you Faye. I really enjoyed doing the challenge in April as I was able to tell everyone a little bit more about my little angel. I was blessed as a result.
Congrats, you did it! And sharing Mari’s story, and yours, with the A to Z world was really a wonderful tribute. You are one strong mama and a great blogger!
Thank you so much for that. My hope is that through my writing others are able to get to know my daughter through the words written as well as seeing who I am. I never thought I’d start a blog but it felt natural to start one in dedication to my daughter. Her life blessed me as a person more than I could have ever imagined.
Congratulations on finishing the Challenge. This was my first and I will definitely be back next year. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Mari. You are a inspiration!!
I can’t wait for next years challenge.
Connie
Peanut Butter and Whine
Thank you. I’ve never looked at myself as an inspiration but I feel blessed when someone tells me that through me they see the words I write as an inspiration. It assures me that what I’ve been doing is the right thing. I feel blessed as a result.
What an amazing A to Z theme you did – a great way to pay tribute to your girl.
Congrats on your A to Z achievement!
Trisha, thank you so much. I loved doing it and doing this as a tribute to her. I’m glad you enjoyed it and my hope is you saw the love I have for my little girl.
I think it’s wonderful you shared Mari’s story, and I hope you’ll share more about her next year. Congratulations on making it through!
Shannon at The Warrior Muse
Hi Shannon. Thank you for your comment. Sorry it took me so long to reply back. The month of July I kind of step back from writing as July has come to a time of remembrance of my daughter and if I do too much writing I end up crying a lot and missing her so much. I don’t want to post a lot of sad things during this month so I try to stay focused on other things. However, reading comments like yours makes me know that my words do touch others and I am grateful for that. It always means so much to me.
As for the challenge, I truly loved doing it. It was so rewarding and can’t wait to do it again next year.