I'm Humbled!

I began this blog in July, 2011.  It sat idle for three years while my wife and I were teaching English in China. I resumed writing upon our return in 2015.

The blog has reached a milestone this week of over 40,000 page views.  I'm overwhelmed that some people thought these musings worthy of reading.

For those of you who stop by regularly, I thought you might be interested in knowing what the most popular blogs were:

Posts

Entry	Pageviews
The blog I never wanted to write Oct 9, 2015, 20 comments	3696
There's Been A Change In Plans Oct 6, 2015, 7 comments	1402
A Mother's Grief Mar 27, 2017, 2 comments	556
Grief Exposed Oct 21, 2015, 3 comments	495
You're Not Going to Kittanning Today, Dad! Oct 5, 2016, 4 comments	444
He Was My Friend! Oct 23, 2015, 2 comments	431
Mr. Whippo Dec 26, 2015, 2 comments	426
CRISIS AT THE LORD'S TABLE!!!! Jul 21, 2016	386
Beaches... Oct 16, 2015, 6 comments	379
How Do You Get Through This? Oct 25, 2015, 1 comment	357

It's very interesting to me that nine of the ten posts have to do with grief.  The other post is probably there due to a repetition error that I haven't been able to correct.  

Another thing that has amazed me is the broad scope of readers (as evidenced below):

Pageviews by Countries

Entry	Pageviews
United States	37147
Russia	1255
France	312
Germany	128
Ukraine	91
United Kingdom	76
Portugal	75
Thailand	71
Singapore	63
China	59

Many other countries were also on the list at various times.  I suspect that this broad readership is largely due to the many international friends we made while living in the Hua Yuan Hotel in Changchun, China.  

By the way, I would LOVE to hear from some of you international visitors.  If you care to correspond, my email address is:  halinasia@psmail.net

TO ALL OF YOU:  

Thank you SO MUCH for checking out "Hal-lelujah!" from time-to-time.  I hope you are humored, relaxed, entertained and even educated by what you read!  

I'm in my last month before retirement and hope to try my hand at writing a book in the next year or so.  It's an overwhelming prospect to me, so I practice a lot on my blog!    :-)

Yours sincerely,

Hal Haire