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Little Over a Year

Yes, it’s been a little over a year since I announced the launch of the Survivors Network site. Like most years of my life, this year didn’t exactly go as planned either, and changes in my job caused me to spend less time there, and less time working on my websites in general, as I expected to. Yet, the site surely has struck a nerve and become a “home” to many survivors. Some have been involved heavily at times, coming and going as their own lives have dictated, others have been involved in limited ways consistently all year, and still others are relatively new to the site, but all year long it has proven to be a place where folks are interacting and supporting one another. I cannot begin to express just how thrilled I am about that.

Consider, that in just one year the site has grown to this:

384 Members

147 Forum Discussions

157 Blog posts

6 Groups

348 Shared Photos

Countless personal connections, status updates, personal comments, and even a few chats.

Wow. Thanks to everyone who has been part of the network this year, and I hope you will continue to be part of it as your own life and journey allows. If you haven’t visited yet, what’s keeping you? 🙂

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One Comment

  1. Thanks for this update, Mike. wow! I can’t believe it’s been a year already. I wasn’t aware that this much time had passed! When you get a chance, stop by my blog and pick up a little gift of gratitude holiday card I made for my bloggy buddies like YOU! Happy holidays.

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