My good friend Mike Smith directed me to a website that gages your blog’s popularity and ranking. To which, I discovered, Macaroon Original is around the eight millionth most popular blog online! So thank you, my (four) followers, for keeping me so relevant in the online world. That said, I did tell Michael this: If you want advertising, traffic counts. But long ago, I decided that wasn’t a goal of mine, so it really don’ matta. Rather, I wanted to create another small brand after the shutter of my LA boutique, and for that, you want the right people to be reading. Over the past few years, I’ve discovered that the eyes that I want on this site are here, and so for that, I will thank you all for real for your patience and interest. This post is a shout out to all the blogs that I follow, all the readers that follow Macaroon, and to the “love and warfare” that accompany trying to keep your head above water as a parent. Below is a cushion I want to place in my kid’s room to remind me of the constant beautiful battle.