MPK’s 3rd Anniversary
For the past couple of weeks I have been deep in thought about what today means to me. I can’t even wrap my head around the fact that MPK began three years ago with a simple post about Borani Esfanoj. It’s been a wonderful three years filled with delicious food, conversations about food, meeting new people, highs, lows, obstacles, writers’ block, cooking block, and plenty of encouragements and love from you readers that have kept me going.
I feel incredibly fortunate and grateful to have this platform to share my love for Persian food with the rest of the world. Every anniversary of MPK is a great reminder of how things in one’s life can change so quickly and how something that begins as a hobby or creative outlet can turn into a source of happiness, inspiration, and give a person a purpose.
Those of you who have been with me since the beginning know that I stared MPK shortly after finishing graduate school when I found myself unemployed for the first time in my life. Â I was part of Califonia’s 12% of unemployed the first year of this blog but then I fell off that percentage because I was one of the many who could not find a job, regardless of how many resumes I sent out and my qualifications, once unemployment ran out. Finally, after struggling for two years to find a job, last March, ironically on Norouz, I began a new teaching job.
It’s now amazing to look back to where I was when I stared MPK three years ago, and each subsequent year until now. Regardless of what happened, or still happens, in my life having this blog has been and is a blessing and it is my favorite thing to do…well besides eating!!!
So today I want to once again thank you all for being part of this journey with me. Thank you for your support, suggestions, and enthusiasm. Â Without you there would be no My Persian Kitchen! So thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping me going and your readership. Happy 3rd anniversary to all of us!!
With much gratitude,
Sanam
January 11, 2012
Congrats!! I really heart this column.
January 11, 2012
So thankful for YOU!!! May this year be a prosperous and happy one for you and your family! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful culture with us all!
January 11, 2012
I am so proud of you, Sanam! It was great to see you, a fantastic way to start off the New Year!
January 11, 2012
Oh happy anniversary! So glad you are still here blogging about wonderful Persian food! I never would have made tahdiq right with you!!
January 11, 2012
Happy Anniversary!!!! ☺
January 11, 2012
It flew by! Congratulations!
January 11, 2012
Sanam jan
MPK is the reflect of Persian hospitality.
In a very short time, you have created a wonderful relationship between us your guests and you our hostess.
Happy birthday and long life to your blog !
January 12, 2012
Thank you all for your kind words!! Much love to you all!!!
January 23, 2012
My Persian Kitchen زنده‌باد صنم و زنده‌باد