Get ready for our anniversary

What an impressive year this has been for the Shine community! Four Shine users had their blog posts promoted on the Yahoo! front page, and we've featured over 5,000 user posts on both the Shine home page and within our various categories. As if that's not enough, one of our original users was profiled in Glamour Magazine! We also witnessed the forming of user networks whose friendships extend beyond Shine. Most of all, our Shine users have built a strong community that continually amazes us with stimulating, supporting, and smart conversation on a huge variety of topics. You've taken Shine further than we thought possible, and given us plenty to celebrate!

Next week our editors will reveal the Shine readers they love from the past year, and I will be highlighting some of our Shine "regulars" - check back to see if your name pops up. :-) But right now we want to hear your favorite memories from your first year on Shine, the moments that really stick out. If Shine has changed your life in some unexpected way, big or small, write a post and tell us about it! Add the tag "Shine anniversary" to the post, and title it so we can easily find it, and it may be featured in our special Shine anniversary section.

Thanks, and let the celebration begin!