It's been six years since I jumped into blogging knowing little to nothing about what I was doing. But I learned. What a lifetime has happened in those six years.
You, my readers, have been with me here through some of the most painful events of my life. You have encouraged me when times were the darkest. You have supported me when I needed you.
You are strangers I have never met, some I will never meet, and some of you are my family and my friends. Many of my readers visit here from other countries - Australia, England, Canada, Germany, France and Indonesia.
You have blogs that I visit and enjoy. Some of you are my students from over the years, and some are visitors who happened upon my poetry book one day or read one of my stories online.
Some of my readers began their own blogs when I held a class at our local library, and they got the bug. Some of them have made blogging friends all over the world.
One of you used my poems along with beautiful paintings to make a most spectacular post. I was touched.
My readers include those who are researching their family, working on their genealogy and have some of the same lines I have. Some of you are family I've never met and don't even know. Some of you are family that I met through this blog. That is so, so special!
It is because of you that I appreciate the Internet instead of hating the time I spend online when I could be writing stories, poems or personal essays. I don't care for Facebook and Twitter, but blogging is an excellent way to communicate, and as a writer, that is what I want to do - speak to people through writing.
Thanks for your time which I know is the most valuable commodity any of us have. I hope you will stay with me, and if you are not a subscriber, please take a look at the sidebar and sign on. It is free and easy. You are the best!
Thanks for your time which I know is the most valuable commodity any of us have. I hope you will stay with me, and if you are not a subscriber, please take a look at the sidebar and sign on. It is free and easy. You are the best!
Congratulations on your six years Glenda. That's quite an accomplishment. Thank you so much for all you've done for those of us that were in that class at the library in Hayesville where you taught us to blog that year.
ReplyDeleteBlogging has been a wonderful experience for me and I've met so many fantastic people. I'm up to thirty something that we've met personally (including some of their children), not including our local group. I've found that the the blogging community is extremely supportive. It's just amazing the power of blogging.
Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your help and support.
Sam