Obligation #AtoZChallenge2025

  

Our team theme this year is our blogging community, gratitude, or being grateful for our blogging community.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by what I need to do in a day. Sometimes it would be easier to just stop blogging altogether. But I feel this sense of obligation to those who read my posts – especially those who engage with it. This isn’t a bad thing: I need that sense of knowing what I write is being read and enjoyed by others to keep me on track.

So thanks to everyone who has stopped by my blog this month and read (and commented on!) my posts.

What keeps you blogging when energy/time/motivation is lagging?

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen the community.

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N for Neighborhood Blogging Community #AtoZChallenge 2025

A Google search shows that a neighbor can be anyone with whom you have the opportunity to interact. Communities are where diverse groups come together over common interests or goals. Neighborhood communities help people to find lasting connections.

The #AtoZChallenge 2025 is about more than just using the English alphabet to inspire twenty-six blog posts in April. It's a blog hop. Part of the challenge is about our Neighborhood Blogging Community! 

Our common interest is blogging. Our common goal is to take part in the #AtoZChallenge. 

By actively engaging with each other, we create an opportunity to form strong social connections. Meaningful social ties are formed when we support our fellow A to Z Challenge bloggers by leaving positive comments, sharing our favorite posts, and championing each other to succeed. 

• What helps you to feel like a successful blogger?
• In what ways do you support other bloggers to help them reach their goals?

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen this neighborhood blogging community.

Please follow us!

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@AprilA2Z Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge 

Music Moves Me ( #AtoZChallenge )

    Music is often an obsession with me. Anyone who regularly visits my blog can quickly understand my love for music. And I think most of us can relate to  some kind of music.  Maybe not in the obsessive way that I might or that others more obsessive than I might. There are many blogs out there that share music or refer to music.  

     Some of you might remember the "mixtapes" we used to compile on cassettes to give to best friends or lovers.  They were compilations of memories or memory evoking music.  I used to love making up mixtapes for my friends in Tennessee and would be thrilled if they would reciprocate with a mix tape of their own memories.  Getting to know each other through the music we enjoy can be fun and very revealing sometimes.  If we listen...

      In many ways, our blogs are the mixtapes of our era.

      Did you ever make a mixtape for someone?  Have you received any mixtapes?  Do you listen to blog links to music or YouTube videos?

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen the community.

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@AprilA2Z Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge 

L is for Love #AtoZChallenge2025

 

L is for Love

If there is one thing I am grateful for, it's love. As a child, I remember my mom telling me over and over again that there wasn't enough love in the world. I didn't understand what she meant back then, but I see it now. There are certainly challenges in the world right now, but there are many things to love. Today, let's focus on the things that make life better. 

The love of a child.

The love of an animal.

The love of a partner.

The love of a parent.

The love of a friend.

The love of a colleague.

The love of a stranger.

We need more love in the world. So, today, I challenge you to tell someone you love them. Spread the love far and wide!

Who are you going to say "I love you" to today?

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen the community.

Please follow us!

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@AprilA2Z Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge 

K for Karma #AtoZChallenge 2025

Karma is the belief that actions you choose to do will eventually return to you. It isn't a guarantee, of course, but our research proves that blog hop participants who visit and comment on the blogs of others in the hop receive far more comments and engagement. Kind words of encouragement keep our community strong. We value one another here at A to Z. Check out the Master List, find a blog you haven't been to before, and give kudos to the participant. 

Consider giving a shout-out to fellow A to Z bloggers with whom you've created a kinship. 

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen the community.

Please follow us!

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@AprilA2Z Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge 

J is for Joy #AtoZChallenge2025

J is for Joy

Joy: "the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires" ~ Merriam Webster

Some things that have brought me joy recently:

• My cat.
• My two-story bookshelf.
• Having great friends and family (especially my husband).
• Joining this blog-hop so many years ago.
• Finding new blogs!

What is the last thing that brought you joy? 

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen the community.

Please follow us!

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@AprilA2Z Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge 

Inspiration #AtoZChallenge2025

Our team theme this year is our blogging community, gratitude, or being grateful for our blogging community.

One of the best things you can get from a strong, active blogging community is inspiration. Seeing what others are doing, what they are passionate about, how they are growing their reach, can be inspiring in and of itself. And sometimes we also get help and encouragement in the comments when we visit each other!

Today, give a shout out to someone who inspired you in A to Z, maybe in unexpected ways!

MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Hop to as many blogs in the challenge as possible. Grow and strengthen the community.

Please follow us!

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http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com
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@AprilA2Z Our hashtag is #AtoZChallenge