One year in the Blogosphere!

First…a little shout-out for the brother-in-law, Jerry, for the awesome

Blogavarsery button.  Note the “skywriter” writing the banner in the sky…

How cool is that?

It’s been one year of journaling my life, sharing my joys, my sorrows, my struggles.  It’s been a year of meeting wonderful women.  It’s been a year of deleting images, changing blog themes and starting my own dot com.

Celebrate with me as my first Blogaversary approaches.  Thank you for visiting my tropics of grace.  Thank you for your comments and encouragement.  Thank you for weeping, rejoicing and praying with me.  Here’s to a new year of growing in grace.  (Insert Diet Coke toast here.)

It’s my hope that you have been refreshed and found grace as you’ve visited.  If you’re new here, just relax and grab a Diet Coke.  No coffee here.  We drink that over at Ginger’s site.

My button is up for grabs.  For a post or your sidebar, that is.   I will have a giveaway.  Do you like summer?  Going to the beach?  You know I do!  Prizes will include an insertgracehere beach bag, beachwear accessories or a gift card to choose your own.  Not quite as substantial as Ginger’s giveaway.  Unless I throw in a case of Diet Coke.  Anything’s possible.

Here’s all you have to do to win.  Leave a comment for me on any post from now until Friday telling me how wonderful I am and how much you love my blog.  OR for more brownie points, post my button along with a shout-out post on your blog explaining why I should win Blog of the Year.  OR to totally seal the deal plan a tropical vacation and include me!

I’m KIDDING!  Except for the tropical vacation.

Joking aside.  All visitors and bloggy friends of insertgracehere shall be considered for this giveaway.  THAT’S RIGHT!  I’m inserting grace.  But if you choose to post my button, leave a comment or twelve, you just might get your name thrown in an extra time.  WAIT!  THERE’S MORE!  If you do all of the above or any combination, I’ll enter your name again.  And if you do plan that vacation, well, let’s just say I’ll have those beach accessories.

I feel obligated to tell you that  I may just have Sophie draw the winners’ names.  Or just pick them.  You can’t stand the suspense, can you?  It’s kinda’ like Outback.  No Rules, Just Right!

Winners will be announced Saturday, May 16.  If you don’t win, grace shall be given daily for free.  ‘Cause that’s the kind of God we serve.

Happy blogging!

Click me to get organized with Kristen and friends.

*Just to add to the fun and invite more of you to visit, I am now adding this post to WFMW with Kristen at We are THAT Family.  Now, don’t forget to stop by and visit everyone.