Hello again; Today, I want to talk about momentous occasions. There are certain events in our life or in our country’s history where people can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing at that moment. For my parents it would be the moon landing and the day President Kennedy was assassinated. For me personally it was the challenger explosion and of course the morning of September 11th. But this blog is about my journey, so I want to talk about when I finally made the decision to move forward with a new business and why.
When and where I decided
I actually remember where i was when i made the decision to file for a domain name and start selling equipment full time. It was the week of September 29th 2007, and we had been at the texas pecan festival in groves texas. we had enjoyed ideal weather. I had plenty of good name brand stock in my game booth. I was in good health and spirits.. I asked everyone who walked by if they wanted to play. this is called calling people in. but a few feet away from me was one of the other inflate games with a flashier design and a worker using a microphone to invite people to play. I came home broke, disgusted, and a little depressed. I knew i had to do something to change my situation. And I also knew I couldn’t put this off until the winter time when the carnival season would be over.
i didn’t know anything about building a website. so i called my brother michael. he has always ben one of those guys who can figure stuff out. He is a jack of all trades kind of person. I asked him what I needed to do to get my own website. He said first you have to file for the domain name. He asked me what i wanted to be called. I had been thinking all weekend. I told him the midway marketplace sounded good to me. He said he would have to check to see if it were available. He checked, aand it was. He said then the website address would be midwaymarketplace.com. I said that was fine. and we got started.
Now michael didn’t know anything about the net and starting a website either. so between learning how to build a site and taking care of his own family it took about four months before we were finally online. I should mention that before I filed for a domain and started the website I had tried a few half measures. I guess even then I was someone who would rather do something even if it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to be doing or how I wanted to be doing it.
At first, I made lots of phone calls and sent out individual emails to people with equipment for sale or those wanting to buy. I’d find them on other websites. There weren’t a lot of them back then. The main ones were carnival tyme, carney town, and used rides. I hate to mention this last one. Me and the owner have never been on good terms, and I don’t like to give the competition any publicity. I may come back to this later, but lets just say that I am the only person I know of who has been physically barred from visiting his site. However, one of the best friends I ever made I found on carny town which is why i am mentioning other sites.
My first online friend
Her name is Pattie Moore, and when I met her she was advertising custom aprons for food and game concessionaires. she was also starting a custom jewelry design company. I asked her about helping to sell her products. She had worked in Texas before, and it turned out she knew some of my cousins. Even now I still have lots of relatives who are working in the carnival business. she took a liking to me and not only listed her aprons with me; but she offered to help any way she could. When she found out I didn’t have a website and that I didn’t know how to make one; she added a page to her site for my rides. I only had a few of them at the time, but it gave me a place where I could send people to look at my listings without having to send pictures to each person that might be interested in a given item. This was a big help because we are talking before high speed internet when sending email much less images was not a quick process. .
She is still a great friend of mine and of the website. I am aggressive in using social media and message boards. so when I have run a foul of some administrator I can count on Patti to post in my name or send emails on my behalf. She is now trying to help a fellow in houston start up a small carnival. I sometimes think about getting out on the road and joining them, but I know that isn’t my place any more.
I tried Myspace
During the time before I got the website another friend who I’m sad to say I don’t remember the name of helped me set up a page on myspace. Some of you remember it as being like face book just not as good. I had an account and a page similar to a face book fan page, but I could never figure out how to update it easily. I didn’t like having to ask my friend to update it every time i needed to add, delete, or modify a listing.
Pride can be a bad thing
I will admit that this is probably as much a reason for my success as an explanation for why I haven’t accomplished more. If I were willing to milk the blindness more I may have gotten more don but wouldn’t have been happy about getting it don that way. It would have felt like cheating. I don’t mind asking for help, but to me that means asking someone to teach me how to do it myself. When I finally consented to allowing others to edit my website or blog, I always gave them the instruction that I didn’t want them to add anything that I couldn’t maintain myself if I had to. Now, I am much better at asking for and accepting help. As I have gotten better at it, I have made more and more progress.
Now a willing student
There is a saying that I believe is attributed to the Buda. It goes when the student is ready the teacher will appear. Let’s just say that I was an unwilling pupil for a long long time. 🙂 Once I began meeting other bloggers and becoming friends with them, I started to realize how many people there are in the world who will help you if you just let it be known that you need help and will use it when it is offered. I met lots of wonderful supportive people. Many of them offered their time, energy, and services to me for free or very low cost. It didn’t happen over night, and there are some issues where I still struggle letting people in; but I am so much better at it now. I now have a line on the back of my business card that says Never be afraid to ask. Because if You don’t ask, they can’t say yes! And it doesn’t say this yet, but this also applies to your thoughts and dreams.
This also applies to the Lord or the universe depending on your preference. I encourage you to keep your heart and mind open to receive these people into your life.
And this is my first effort with click to tweet, so please let me know if I did it right. Thanks,
Site finally goes live
Well, finally in January of 2008 the site was live. Michael had asked me to submit the information for the about me, contact me, references, and home page. He made up the pages and found a php plug in from source forge that would allow me to create equipment categories, upload items, and edit the equipment listings all without having to know any html or php coding. It worked great for quite a while, and I am so grateful to Michael for getting it all started.
The only things I had to get michael’s help with were changes to the basic pages. This also applied if i wanted to add or delete anything from the featured listings section on the home page. I started telling people about the site and trying to get more people to list their equipment with me. Next time, we’ll talk about some of the first listings I ever got and how I got them.
Do you remember when and where?
This is the point where I would usually ask you to help out by sharing the post or leaving a comment, but I have read that people will get more involved when you end with a question. So, I want to know if you remember when you decided to start your business, quit your job, write your first post, record your first video, etc. What were you doing just before, and what were you thinking at the time? How has the decision turned out? Is there anything I could help with in making things better? Please share in the comments.
My latest decision
As you know if you are reading my posts I just started this blog two weeks ago. I have been overwhelmed by the response to my posts. I honestly didn’t know if anyone was going to want to hear my story. So, I started with just a blog on the free platform blogger. Now, thanks to more encouragement from my friends; I have filed for a domain name and am starting the process of creating a second site. The url will be theblindblogger.net The dot com was already taken. William Butler suggested the name. I had been referred to by that moniker on the Linked in bloggers helping bloggers group for a while now. I’m no longer the only blind blogger in the group but I was their first. This will also mean eventually having separate email addresses and social media profiles. I’m going to probably need more help from my friends. 🙂
Before I go I want to once again thank all the wonderful people who have helped me along the way by offering their support, encouragement, and advice. Many of you have also helped with technical problems. If there is anything I can do to help any of you out, just ask. If you have questions or just want to talk, then by all means send me an email through the contact form. I don’t always get all the social media posts, so feel free to send me your latest posts or projects as well. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks and take care out there, Max
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Max — what I love about your posts is not only your honesty, but that you put your heart into your writing. So many of us are afraid to do that. We don’t want to expose ourselves. So we build a public facade. I’m glad that you, like me, recognized that it’s ok to ask for help. I love this quote: A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops” — Henry Adams. We now have many teachers, thanks to the Internet.
I have been helped by my circle of many good friends and writers in my blogging community, that I really cherish. Although you are a newer member of that community, I’m glad to have you as a friend.
Hi Jeanette; First, thanks for reading my blog and leaving such a wonderful comment and on the day after july 4th no less. I am honored. As for the honesty in these posts I try to remember that it is a separate site with a completely different audience than that of the midway’s blog or podcast. That gives me the freedom to disclose things that I might not want to put out to those people I’m trying to sell equipment to or for. Thus the reason I will eventually need separate email addresses, social media profiles; and even youtube accounts. That’s actually something that is just now occurring to me that if I am going to follow this path it will most likely include the recording of videos. Any chance we could collaborate on one? I love your quote. I’m going to steel that and tweet it. 😉 Hope that’s okay. 🙂 And I’m taking my willingness to ask for and accept help to a whole new level. I’m ready to hire someone to maintain my sites and I’m going to let the universe bring me either the person to do it or the funds to hire them or both. This would be a huge step for me. I am glad we met and blessed to call you my friend too. Thanks so much and take care, Max
I agree with everything Jeannette has written!
Hi Ramona; this is a first for me. I’ve never had anyone leave me three comments in succession where there wasn’t something wrong with the comment form. 🙂 I’m glad that my posts have touched something in you. And I’ll do my best to keep them coming. And in my heart of hearts I do think that eventually the blog posts along with my past face book and other social media posts and my own memories will find their way to a book. thanks my friend, max
Max, you’re awesome! I love how you are an active agent of positive change by being YOU! No passive victim mentality–hooray!
When you read and responded to my blog, you helped me, and at that point I’d never even come across your name, online or off. Thank you. I believe that for the most part, people actually love to help others, especially if it is not about fulfilling some expectation that’s been laid on us.
I will be happy to share your blogs! I’d love for you to share mine too. Okay? 🙂 It’s not in my foreseeable future, but if I am ever in Texas, I’d love to meet you in person. I live in Victoria, BC, Canada. If you ever head this way, let me know.
In closing, thank you for opening yourself up and sharing the story of how you started on your path. Many blessings to you,
Ramona
hi ramona; Your heart felt message is greatly appreciated. I’m happy to whoever brought me to your blog in the first place. It was probably a group online somewhere. 🙂 And I just do for people what I would want them to do for me. I read their posts and try to find something that applies to me or find something in my own life that relates to their post. I leave a comment and hit at least one of the sharing buttons. If i really like someone or respect them or if the post blew me away; then I hit all the network buttons I am a member of. I am flattered that you want to meet me. I would like that too. if you are on google plus add me, and I’ll invite you to the next hangout. they are wednesday nights with topics to be determined by what is going on in my life. I could be the blind blogger or mister midway or both. It just depends. I have a small carnival owner in vancouver who i would love to visit and do a video about. so if that ever happens I’ll be sure to tell you I’m coming. and yes I don’t do negative much or for very long. No one is immune but i must have gotten a good vaccination somewhere. thanks so much for your kind thoughts and take care my new friend. xoxo max
Something else. Retired or not, I was, am and always will be a teacher. Also, I was, am and always will be a student. I’m like a big sponge, always loving to learn new things. What I really loved about being in the classroom was learning from my students. Sure, as an English teacher I was more advanced than they were in the ways of grammar, writing, understanding Shakespeare, etc. They were there to learn that “stuff” from me. Still, I used to tell them that they had skills that I didn’t have. Also I told them that: “Nobody is better than anybody else. We are all in this thing called life together. It’s not easy. Let’s help each other. Helping each other makes life way more fun, interesting and rewarding too.”
I’m glad, Max, that you are both a student and a teacher. That you are blind with this mind set just means to me that you can see much more clearly than a lot of fully sighted individuals. Keep shining. Your light is very attractive. 🙂
thanks again Ramona; when you are learning to write your english teacher may not be your favorite one. but once you have learned to write and get old enough to appreciate how important the skill is; then you wish you had shown a more pleasing attitude. I went with a shorter name for the new website, but in the header I’m going to put something about being a student and teacher. and I’m thinking an image of people on a path maybe of different ages might be a good header image. you are very special too. keep shining too. just out of curiosity do you know or follow robin hallett. she is a real sweetie and one of my positivity people. i love the comments. I’m looking forward to your next post too. and be sure and send me any old posts you think I would like. You are also welcome to just email me any time. Use the contact form and I’ll reply. they say not to post my email address in a comment or post. I usually ignore stuff like that, but you should see my spam lately. take care my friend, max
I know what you mean about how important a skill writing is. I was a high school English teacher. I was pleased when my students, grade 12 students in particular, told me that English was the most important subject of all. I happened to think so too.
Hi Ramona; yes the ability to write well has served me well. My nephew is enrolled in an online home school program here in texas. As part of the curriculum they require weekly posts in a school moderated blog. They are also required to comment on a minimum number of the other student’s posts. They no longer teach hand writing but at least it sounds like they are trying to teach writing prose. thanks for all your great comments and take care, max
Hi Max – As you know, like you I am learning as I go and I have found that people are very generous with their help, especially the BHB group. I am so glad to have gotten to know you through that site and will continue to follow you on theblindblogger.net. Take care, Max.
Lenie
Hi Lenie; yes being invited to join the BHB group by susan was one of the best things to happen to me because I met so many great new friends like you. That’s the wonderful thing about blogging. there are so many helpful giving supportive people out here. I look forward to watching you grow with your writing. take care yourself, max
I learned a lot from the BHB group, too. It’s a wonderful place to meet awesome people. Through Ashley, I met Max. Because the group is a large one, it’s hard to find folks who you blend in with, but a large portion can be found here; we generally all comment on each others’ sites.
Each week, we strengthen these relationships via the interactions on our blogs.
I’m trying to “fit back in” after a three-month-long hiatus, too… And now I’m pleased to keep encountering you, Lenie. 🙂
And Max, you are always a never-ending source of inspiration to others. It’s great that you are so honest, too, as this was one of the things others liked about my writing early on. Honest writing trumps all!
Have a great day, both of you!
Hi Lorraine; so glad to see you back visiting and commenting again. Yes, its all about the people you meet and the friendships you make. We support each other in our own different but similar journeys. So proud of you for getting your book published. I know lots of people are going to benefit from having read your stories. And I’m looking forward to your book. I have finally realized that showing up and working every day can be inspiring if you do it with a positive attitude and an open heart. I agree with you about the importance of honesty. One of the main reasons for starting a second blog is that there are some things I’m not sure I would want to share on the site where I am selling the amusement equipment. Clients and potential clients there might not want or appreciate so much honesty. Its also why I have realized that Adrienne is right about me needing separate social media personas. So on google plus i now have pages for mister midway and the blind blogger. thanks for your loving comment Lorraine. Looking forward to continuing to support each other as we grow and learn. Take care, Max
Hi Max. You continue to inspire. I fully understand the desire not to ‘milk’ the blind blogger aspect but it is a story that needs to be told and one that can help clear the obstacles for others. If we have any mixed feelings about the handle they just reflect the fact that if we listed the important things we’ve learned about Max Ivey, being blnd wouldn’t make the Top Ten !
thanks paul; Can’t tell you how much that means to me. they say one of the highest complements you can receive as a blind person is for the people who know you to forget you are blind at least some of the time. How great it is to know my friends hardly think of it at all. 🙂 and well online it never hurts to be The something like The Blind Blogger? still in the process of moving to a real site, but I’ll get there. Thanks so much my friend. Take care, Max
Learning as you go is probably the best way to retain all hat you’ve learned. Thanks for sharing these moments with us…and always reach out for help when you feel you need it…though I suspect it is less than you suppose. I think folks enjoy reading about your courage:)
Hi Jacquie; I’m glad to hear you like reading about it. I don’t know if it is always courage or if sometimes it isn’t just pure stubbornness. 🙂 Have had several good teachers in my life who taught me about sticking to something until you succeed at it. Haven’t learned spanish or how to play the guitar, but I have learned how to keep trying. I look forward to your next post. Take care, Max
Your method of getting your blog going has obviously worked well because so many people appreciate your efforts and your candid posts. I like the url, theblindblogger.net. It’s great to have one that will identify you so well. I’m looking forward to many more interesting posts from you.
Hi Beth; Well, I still have to pinch myself a little. 🙂 I knew I had a lot of blogging friends, but I wasn’t sure even that would provide me so many readers and wonderful comments. The first two posts had over 25 comments each. I can’t tell you how hard I had to work to get 1 sometimes when I first started blogging for the midway marketplace. Glad you like the name. As long as I continue to share myself with readers it should continue to grow. And its not a bad name for search engine purposes either. thanks again to william butler for suggesting it. thanks Beth. You are a good friend. I look forward to us growing together, Max
Hi Max, It really is the way you are so candid in your writing that is appealing. Keep it going. In answer to your question about what made me start writing my blog it was a combination of two things. My mum passed away and upon cleaning out the attic I came across all the hand-written postcards and letters I had written her from all over the world for the last few decades. I wanted to share them. The second thing was my girlfriend could not come on a trip to Cambodia with me. I decided at that point to combine my life and share it; past and future. You have inspired many people Max with sharing and I am realizing more and more that this is what folks really want. A piece of the writer…in a good way.
Hi Tim; Thanks for the comment and for sharing a bit of your own story. You are the first to do so. I understand this is a personal decision. Some won’t be comfortable with sharing their when and why and far too many others haven’t accepted that they are on a journey or that there is one they should be on yet. 🙂 I’m so glad you are sharing your travels with me. I hope to be out there myself soon. the season is swiftly passing, so maybe I will revise my travel hopes since australia and south africa will be having their spring and summer soon. I agree with you people want to be part of the story. They want to applaud when you succeed and support you when you come up just a little short. And they want to laugh and cry along with you. I appreciate you my friend. Take care out there, Max
Hi Max,
I’m glad for new beginnings, and I know one day you will think back to starting this new blog and realize after 100 posts or so that you had all these stories in you all along. We all learn from one another, and that is one of the best benefits of blogging. You’re Dad instilled a lot of good life lessons in you, and I know more of those will be forthcoming.
All the best,
Bill
P.S. For those of you reading these comments, you can join Max on Wednesday nights on Google+ for a hangout.
Thanks Bill; There is a line from the end of the tv series saved by the bel. The principle is talking to the trouble making student at graduation. He tells this kid son there is something amazing locked inside you I just hope I’m around when you decide to let it out. 🙂 thought of that while reading your comment. And the idea of a hundred posts for this blog doesn’t scare me like maybe it aught to or like I thought it would. Yes, I was lucky to get to spend as much time with my dad as I did. Probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t lost my vision. I wouldn’t have been allowed to go in the truck with him. I got to go because I was deemed expendable when it came to setting up and tearing down rides. Of course, it also meant they didn’t have to worry about me getting hurt. I have often thought that if I ever start traveling regularly for the midway or the new blog that the first place I want to go before starting the trip is down to the veterans memorial cemetery and if they would let me lift a chocolate milk to him before heading out of town. thanks bill. I’m looking forward to these posts as much as you are. and thanks for plugging the hangout. I’m attaching the link. I know its only good for one week, really only two days now; but maybe someone will see it and ask to join in. Take care my friend, Max https://plus.google.com/events/c185ql6r2cvv2bcf4ngk64ghsc8
Max there are always going to be those personal – significant life events – that will affect our future. My husband is better at remembering those than I am. But for sure, I can think of times when I can recall, just where I was or what I was doing.
Love your enthusiasm!
Hi Patricia; My mom is the one in our family. However, she is much better at remembering things from my childhood and before the time I am mainly writing about. I’m glad my enthusiasm comes through. Like sarcasm you never know if people wil feel it through the written words on their computer screens. Look forward to having you along with me for the journey. take care, max
Max- We have made mistakes along the way but you have to remember where you were and where you are now. I had been selling real estate for 25 years and was a heavy hitter. I decided I wanted to go into business for myself. I am pleased things worked out the way they did. I wish I hadn’t selected the name of my company that I did, but it is too late and I am not going to stress over. As long as we improve and grow it will all come together. This new blog of yours is wonderful and it gives us more of an insight to you. The only suggestion I have is to add spell check for the responses. God knows I make a lot of spelling errors.
Hi Arleen; you are right, we all made the best decisions we could at the time. we know more now, so we might have made different decisions. but you can’t press reset. all you can do is be better today and tomorrow. trust me its easier saying your name than mine. 🙂 I didn’t know I could turn on spell check for responses. I’m using a borrowed keyboard. I hope I’m not making a lot of errors. Typos don’t look good and as a result don’t inspire confidence. thanks for the comment. good luck to both of us from here on out, max
Max isn’t it amazing what a difference it makes when we try? I think failure is more often about failing to make the attempt than it is about not succeeding. I’m glad you finally made the leap and started blogging.
Thanks debra; not only are some people held back by fear of failure, but there are even those made afraid by the thought of what happens if I succeed. I think I fell into a little of that with this blog. I was thinking if it is successful then i have to build a new website have another email address, create other social media profiles, write weekly or more often, reply to comments, etc. And what if someone calls my bluff and says hey come speak to our group or I want to schedule some time for you to be my mentor. That’s all part of why I started on a free platform. And now I wish I had felt more confident because moving to a self hosted site without losing posts or any of your wonderful comments is going to be a pain in the but. lol thanks for the support and take care, Max
I’m with Paul on this one. You are who you are. For better or worse. I never think you were taking advantage of your disability for sympathy or anything else. I love your honesty and your storytelling. To me, you are just another blogger out there, sharing, being vulnerable and telling it like it is – whatever that “it” may be. Keep on writing and posting. I think it’s all very wonderful and glad you are part of our group!
Hi Laurie; thanks for the encouragement. Just recently there was a post on the american foundation for the blind’s website about how we should strive for interdependence instead of independence. I thought of the blog groups and my blogging friends when I read that. I will keep writing. You do the same. You are a good friend. thanks again and take care, Max
Thanks for sharing your story. It is good sometimes to look back and see how far we’ve come. That should be encouragement for you as you start your new blog.
Hi Donna; I’m glad you liked my posts so far. I’m doing my best to be as honest and open as possible. I’m just keeping myself open and waiting to see what comes next. I will remember what you said about how looking back can motivate me to keep writing. take care, max
True honesty in nonfiction writing is rarer than many people would probably think, but you are navigating the waters well. At some point when it might fit, I would love to read a post on how you go about putting your posts, etc together without being able to see. I’m sure it’s like second nature to you, but I can bet the rest of us would find the process you go through quite fascinating.
Hi Jeri; Thanks for the complement. I have to thank lorraine reguly for some of this. when she interviewed me earlier this year she refused to allow me to avoid the hard answers to her equally probing questions. I guess that has stayed with me and it sounds like a good thing based on the comments. And your question is one I haven’t gotten before. A lot of people have asked me about the technology used but no one has ever asked about my writing process. I will definitely keep that in mind and I will let you know when you can expect to see it. This week I have had some technical challenges and will take a break from my narrative to share the results. Thanks again and take care, Max
This was a really great post, Max. It is great to hear you are doing so well with your blog after such a short time, congratulations!
I agree with Jeri, I would be very interested to read about how you put together your posts.
I love that you used a Saved by the Bell quote in a comment too! 🙂
Hi Christine; Welcome to the blog. I’m glad you enjoyed the post, and I am thinking about answering that question. I’m also impressed that you read the other comments and my replies. I often have trouble finding the time just to read the wonderful posts from my great friends and leaving a relevant comment. I remember that line from saved by the bell, and its one of the really great lines even if it does come from a show that a lot of people wouldn’t consider quality programming. I’ve watched or listened to a lot of tv shows and movies. Maybe too much for that matter. 🙂 but it does help when writing comments if your family routinely plays the fill in the next movie or tv line here game. thanks again and take care my new friend, Max
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I love reading your blog posts as they are just so naturally written. You are a great inspiration to me. I tweeted your wonderful quote “Never be afraid to ask”. I wish you all the best.
Hi Mina; Thanks for your kind words. You ar the first to mention using the click to tweet I included. Do you think I did it correctly? I neglected the step of using bittly to shorten the link, so I don’t have any other way of knowing if people are using it. So I appreciate your letting me know. I do my best to write so it sounds good to my ears. Glad that comes through on the screen. 🙂 I am happy I can inspire you and look forward to hearing more about what you are up to. Thanks again and take care, Max
Way to go, Max! Congrats on the next stage off your journey in blogging. You are doing an amazing job in expanding your reach and making the connections you need to forward your journey.
Thanks Doreen for the encouragement. Even though the posts have been well received it still doesn’t hurt to have more of your friends confirm that you are on the right path. I had my first conversation with a client this week. It is a free client and we are both feeling our way; but its a beginning. Glad that we connected on twitter to. Thanks again for your support and take care, max
Like others have stated, your sincerity and honesty in your writing is wonderful. I remember when I decided to start my blog. It was exactly a year ago (to the week) and I was living in a hotel room with my husband. I posted a lot of photos of my meals to Facebook at the time and friends encouraged me for recipes or even a cookbook. I figured that starting a blog would be better and who knows where it would take me. And to be truthful, I haven’t been as consistent with it as I first imagined I would be. But I have adjusted my priorities and am now giving it the attention it deserves. I also retweeted your link onto my @therecipehunter page and it worked just fine! Twitter automatically shortens a link if necessary so no need to do anything extra with regards to that. I love the community that this Bloggers Helping Bloggers group provides! And it is a wonderful resource when any of us need help. Isn’t it nice to be surrounded by such wonderful people? I will look forward to your future posts!
Hi Pamela; Thanks for the comment and for retweeting the link. It was the first time I tried something like this, so I’m just glad it worked. and thankfully people do seem to be attracted to what I have to say and the way I say it. Will be mixing in some posts about the present challenges too. I’m glad you started your blog. And it takes everyone some time to find a publishing schedule that works for them. I believe that after you have even more posts under your belt, you will start to see how the blog may be transformed into a book be it a cook book, a book about living a healthier life style, or some combination of the two. I am now sharing your posts with my gastric surgery support group. They were impressed with the stuffed eggplant recipe and are checking to make sure it would be healthy for gastric patients. If it is, they will post your link to their face book page and share it at a future meeting. thanks again and take care, Max
Love your story. I think, I posted a comment in the contact form, by mistake.
Hi Bindu; Glad you are enjoying my posts. I hope you will continue to follow along. Take care, Max