Well, this is it. The countdown to 2006 is almost complete. We will be ringing in the New Year in a matter of days. It is hard for me to believe on so many levels. My kids are a year older, my marriage a year longer, and urbanmoms.ca was born, at least in theory, almost exactly one year ago! It has been an amazing year of firsts for us and an exciting time to be building an online mom-based community and business.
A HUGE thank you to all of the members who have contributed stories, comments, and feedback. Without your input, what kind of a community would we be? Thank you also to those who have participated in our Research Panel projects providing some of Canada’s top companies with valuable insight and feedback on their products and services.
I would also like to recognize all of the amazing women (and one man!) who have contributed content on a regular basis to the site. We have contributors from all over the country provide stories on a wide range of topics from the deeply personal to the totally practical. This is essential to maintaining urbanmoms.ca’s promise to represent ALL urban moms and provide a variety of perspectives while keeping an open mind.
Most importantly, I would like to thank my friends and family – both virtual and tangible – for your support. This has been a period of transition and revelation for me both personally and professionally. Without the support and encouragement of those around me, I am not sure I could have taken this leap. I owe you so much!
We have great plans for urbanmoms.ca in 2006! We will be working with more top organizations to provide them with real insight from urban moms across Canada. But, most importantly, we will be working hard to provide an important connection, a virtual friendship, to more and more urban moms across Canada and to represent as many voices as possible so that we can learn from each other and continue to build this amazing virtual community of which I am so proud to be a member!
Thanks 2005!
Jen – Founder, urbanmoms.ca