Apr 20 2009
You’ve Got to Have Friends
Sometimes when you’re a blogger it can be easy to become caught up in the act of blogging, rather than the art of blogging. By that I mean it’s easy to be obsessed with the number of people who are visiting your site and the number of sites you visit, rather than take the time to write quality posts and thoughtful comments. Fortunately, for the most part, I’ve been able to have fun with my site and take time to enjoy the sites I visit. I’ve formed a small community of “cyber friends” who consistently visit to give advice, pep talks or just say “oh, that happened to me, too.”
Two of those cyber friends like me enough to bestow on me the “Let’s Be Friends” award.” Thank you Maxie, who writes Women Over Fifty and Old West Mom, who is the brains behind Forever Family and Symphony Rocks . The criteria for the award:
These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to those bloggers who must may choose at least 5 more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award
So, in the spirit of friendship, I am now handing out my “Let’s Be Friends” awards. These bloggers are consistent visitors and offer great perspectives. I hope you’ll take a moment to check out their blogs.
- Jayewalking at Delayed Toddler I stumbled upon her blog when I first started this site and I’ve really enjoyed reading her thoughts, frustrations and triumphs as she pushes to receive a diagnosis and treatment for her daughter
- Kristi at Mom-Mom’s Harmony This stay-at-home mom of two boys can make you either laugh out loud or feel her pain
- Sherri at My Life in the Fishbowl How she manages to keep up with three sites and still take time to visit others is beyond me
- Dubster at SAHMRandomThoughts Her posts range from sweet stories about her family, to fall on the floor laughing anecdotes, such as “Drunk on Good Friday”
- Stephanie at Ask Me Anything Not only does she open her site to any random questions (and she does a great job of answering them) she also took the time to respond to a personal email from me, which I truly appreciated
Thanks ladies for your support. Now I need to go visit some of my favorite blogs.
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Thanks for the award quadmama, its my first award in my today blog. I’ll post it later. Missed updating my bloggy, I got my lazy bug lately in my system hehehe. Hope you have a beautiful day with your girls.
You’re welcome, Dubster. I always have fun reading your blog.
As I mentioned, it’s easy to get caught up in your traffic stats, etc., but once you find those core blogs you enjoy visiting it’s so much more fun.
Thanks, quadmama, I appreciate the award!!
Your post about love was really sweet.
You’re right. The traffic stats are important, but not quite as important as the friends you make blogging. You deserve the awardS.
Maxie
Thanks again, Maxie.
It wasn’t on my list of reasons to start blogging, either, but it has certainly made the experience a lot more enjoyable.
Stephanie: Here’s the link from when Old West Mom bestowed this award on you
http://foreverfamily.today.com/2009/03/18/an-acceptance-speech/
Let’s just pretend like I was the first ; )
Thank you so much! I have appreciated your thoughtful comments and encouragement on my blog and I also enjoy reading about your adventures with your girls. I have to give it some thought before I pass the award on.
Thank you for the award! Actually, I’ve not been doing too good at keeping up with my blogs and comments lately!
I finally passed it on! Thanks again!