HoneySoul Hiatus
October 2009 marks my fifth year of blogging at HoneySoul.com. What a wonderful ride it’s been. As of today I’m jumping off the ride and hanging up my music blogger hat. I’m taking an indefinite hiatus. I’m still a music fanatic and zealous supporter. I just won’t be blogging about it. It’s just time for me to move forward. No sadness, no regrets, no tears. Just the joy of knowing I’ve done what I set out to do five years ago, help give soul music a voice and be a bridge by connecting some talented artists and the discriminating fans of good music. This is not an ending, just the beginning of the next adventure. I’m most looking forward to doing some traveling with my husband and spending the upcoming holidays with my family.
Speaking of family, I’d like to thank my honey souldiers, my online family who’ve been there to support, encourage and share this love of music. Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or just found the blog recently, please know that you made it all worthwhile. Thank you. To all the artists I’ve interviewed and posted about, thank you for letting me share your gift. To those who inspired me, helped me and opened doors for me, thank you. Thank you to my contributors and co-workers Lis, Jen, Daniel, Rob, Ben, Steve, Lauren, Kendall, Elliott, Kyle, Bobby, and Markus for all your love and help. I couldn’t have done it without you. To my fellow bloggers, especially my music bloggers, thank you for the example and the camaraderie. For the awards, the recognition, the comments, the emails, the tweets, the word of mouth and the positive thoughts, thank you. To all those I’ve come to know because of HoneySoul (too many to name), thank you. Finally, thank you to my husband whose support and love is immeasurable and invaluable. If I had to pay bills, buy food and keep a roof over our head based solely on the proceeds from this blog I would have had the shortest blogging career in history.
That brings me to the last part of this last post, LOVE. I did it all for love. I started this blog out of love for the music and the artists. I stayed for love. I leave still loving it and I would do it all over again, just for the love. When I look back on this blog I won’t remember any of the thousands of posts (and I suspect you won’t either). I will remember all the love I received and the people I’ve grown to know and love because I had this blog. I hope that you will remember and continue to support the music and artists you discovered here. I hope you’ll continue to spread the word about the best music in the world, soul. There are so many wonderful blogs and supporters out here I know I leave you in good hands. If you’d like to start your own journey to support and promote, just do it. If I can, you can too. I’m going to quote myself (hey it’s my last post I can do that). Anything great starts with love and visionaries see what’s not there. Remember that and remember this. Don’t accept the status quo. Don’t listen to the negative voices around you and sometimes in your own head. Do make your own opportunities and make your decisions and choices based on love. I did and had the most amazing, life changing experience. Thank you for sharing it with me. See you later.
Lots of Love,
Honey
October 9th, 2009| Posted in General | 75 Comments »
