A little over four years ago, in 2006, both Jill Asher and I were at a friend's house. Jill was sitting on a couch when our friend looked over at Jill and then at me and said, "Jill is going to start a blog."
"Akemi loves to write, " our friend shared.
At the time, blogging was new to me but from that moment a passion for SV Moms and a friendship with Jill began.
I remember that first email that said, "Here we go!"
Then the next day, we launched. I think there were about a dozen of us or so. I wrote a first post about my love of step aerobics, because back then, as a new mom, I was confident I'd soon be back to my 5 day a week workout routine. (I was wrong, of course, and I've since given up step aerobics.)
Then there was a long lull in which I didn't post. Jill sent a reminder email and I sprang into action. The words flowed, as they always do when I write. It's just that I hadn't realized that this blogging thing meant I had to do it regularly.
But soon, I did start posting regularly and found that it was something I really, really enjoyed. Then came the friendships out of what had once been unfamiliar names at the end of blog posts. Birdieroark. Citymama. Glennia. Rose. We filed our posts under categories like, "My SV Life: Akemi" and I loved filling my category with snippets of my SV Life.
Then I went to BlogHer 08 in San Francisco and the deal was sealed. I wanted this life, this life that allowed me to connect my motherhood experience to something more.







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