Yearly Wrap-Up - By the Words and Numbers

At the end of each year I like to spend a little time reading through old posts and noting - thanks to the statistics feature associated with the blog - which topics were well-recieved (and which topics weren't, for that matter) by you, my readers. I have always written and will continue to write in my own voice, and I know how important it is that my blog remain a true representation of who I am, but I want my words to reach out in a way that you find interesting and engaging.

On that note, here are the year's 10 most popular (based on views) posts:

• "I Love Jesus, But I Drink a Little"
• Discombobulated
• Hair by Hallie, Part 2
• "On a Scale of 1-10, How Bad is Your Pain?"
• Weekly Wrap-Up (9.13.13)
• Send it Soaring
• A Drive-By Peanuting
• Organizational Challenge
• So Soon We Forget
• Tom vs. Toilet

This list does not include posts written for other websites or blogs, or posts written about the Washington, Illinois tornado relief and recovery efforts.

And here are a few of my personal favorite posts:

• Snow Angels
• For the Kids, One in Particular
• Chase the Wind and Touch the Sky
• It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Pees on the Patio
• To Get to the Other Side: One Family's Adventure from Lake to Lake
• The Pied Piper
• What Happens When You Let Four-Year-Olds Go to the Bathroom Alone
• The Cliche is True…Painfully So
• Lucky #7
• Look Up

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