I am sure that some of you are so tired of me and my gosh darn CHEERINESS and THANKFULNESS, and I am so sorry that you are bored, but also that you have a cold, shriveled little heart that cannot tolerate the gratitude I feel for life this year. I am kidding about that cold heart part, but seriously.
I just feel like I have a lot to be grateful for. And tomorrow, I’ll lay down the big, huge, thankful post, but for today?
I want to show gratitude to YOU.
You, my blog readers. You, the people who take the time to stop by here, to leave comments, to send emails, to reply to tweets. Those who stop by and say nothing at all.
When I started blogging several years ago, I loved it, but I never took it seriously. When I purchased this domain in March and started really working on being here every single day, I had no idea that my site would grow into a community of people I love and treasure—not just online, but offline, too.
My blog friends have prayed for my dad and grandma regularly throughout our ordeal this year. My blog friends have sent me some of the nicest emails I’ve ever received. They have encouraged me in the midst of personal crisis’, relationship issues, the ending of friendships and worries about my future. They have made me LAUGH with their own stories and made me cry. Some of them have crossed the line from “online friends” to just plain friends. Friends I see regularly, friends I can’t wait to see again. Friends who fill my email box, my Facebook wall, my snail mail box with love and care and friendship.
Blogging has reconnected me to old friends, to people I had no idea were reading or paying attention. It has opened my eyes to people and view points and goals and books and careers and ideas and plans.
And for that, I can never write an adequate post.
So, if you’re here, on this page, THANK YOU. I am thankful for you.
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Lovely! I am so thankful for the people I’ve met through my blog as well. They really do make my life so much better.
I’m thankful for YOU and your words! Every day! So much that I gave you an award.
Stop by my blog and see.
Aww, you’re so sweet! I am thankful for you! You enlightened my life that weekend two months ago. Whenever I use my tweezers, I think of you.
You are so sweet and I have to say, I am thankful for your words everyday. I grateful for twitter, facebook and blog “stalking,” part of that neurotic mess that was the beginning of our friendship. I never thought I’d be thankful for distrust and freaking out, but alas, I am. I am thankful that you encouraged me to start my own blog. Thanks for being such a bright spot in my day, both through your amazing blog and our friendship.
You are the best!
I look forward to coming to work just to read your blog (I don’t have the internet at home!)
Not only are you enertaining but also so real about everything!
I’m thankful that I have found your blog! It is always so full of inspiration yet always so real. It’s just amazing the connections you find with bloggers, it’s such a different connection than IRL friends, even when they do merge.
I am thankful for you too! Thanks for being so supportive!
And I am thankful for you! It’s not even Thanksgiving up this way but I’ll chime in anyway. I am always just a little bit excited when my feed reader shows a new post at your blog