One year ago today, the Christian Children’s Authors blog was launched. Janice Green had an amazing idea to bring together children’s authors in one place to promote our books and offer a blog that would minister to anyone with children in their lives. Parents, grandparents, teachers, children’s ministers, and others who love children have been reading our blog and getting ideas and resources to use with children ever since. We’ve averaged a consistent twelve blogging authors throughout the year. We aren’t the same group we started with, as a few authors had to leave due to other commitments or family issues, which, of course must come first. But God’s been good to us and He’s always provided others who have stepped in to fill the gaps.

We’ve blogged about activities you can do with children, issues in raising children, church issues, crafts, recipes, holiday themes, devotions, book reviews, health and nutrition, making memories with your kids, pets, kid-friendly service projects, and writing tips, to name a few. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of topics to cover when you’re dealing with children!

We’re grateful for the opportunity to share our books and our lives with you. Most of all, we’re thankful for you, our readers, for faithfully following along and even sharing this blog with your friends. You’ve made this a wonderful community we can all be a part of! Thank you, too, for the comments you leave and the encouragement you give us. We celebrate this opportunity and the fact we’ve been at it for one full year. So if you get the chance today, have a piece of cake (or pie, or a cinnamon roll!) at your kitchen table or favorite coffee shop and celebrate with us! We love writing for you and are happy you take the time to read what we write.

Most of all, thank you for pouring yourself into the lives of children. We know it can be exhausting, but what you do matters. You’re affecting the next generation and that can truly change the world. Hopefully on those difficult days, we can be a friend beside you in your journey and give you courage to keep going. As always, we’ll be praying for you.

Is there a topic we haven’t touched on that you’d like to see us blog about? Or one you’d like to see more or less of? Give us your feedback in the comments below.