On My Honor
I have a bit of backlog acknowledgments to mention before I let loose the typing fingers on whatever topic they decide to pound out for the day, which currently, is still undecided (Rebecca, the writer, wake up!) First up~
I’m trying to stifle the shyness in me and force myself to mention all this, so here we go…*The Blogitzer* and one other nomination, that I’m truly trying to ekk up the courage to place on here. It has the letters H and O plus T followed by Mommies. If you really want to know, you’ll have to click on that badge ( if I’ve done this badge thing correct, you can click on that green box and it will be like a magical carpet ride off to the Bloggers Choice Site, but don’t click yet, I have more to say)……..I’d like to thank @Jtuwliens for this honor. Her description about my site dropped my jaw to the floor and makes me want to read me! I am very honored and extremely grateful. Thank You~ If anyone feels like going there, and voting for Provocation of Mine (d), I thank you as well!
Over the last month several people have mentioned my blog for various Honors. I know I’m quite the slacker in the department about mentioning those personal nods on my blog. To be honest, I’m currently having a heart attack about putting that nomination badge up there, it’s a me thing…..But, I assure everyone it is not because I am un-grateful or there is a lack of appreciation, just the opposite. Humble pie constricts my throat, I smile a lot, but I’m hopelessly bad at taking a compliment. I hope by adding an Honors page at the top of my blog, and always (from now on that is, and as much as I’d love to go back and include all the honors I’ve received over time, I just can’t) including them there, I’m doing right by the people who have done so………Thank you everyone!!!
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Yesterday I received an email from someone that has had me thinking a lot about the power of words. (Swallow J, don’t worry, I’m not giving details, on my honor) This email was from someone who read one of my letters to my daughters, about Death and Loss, and he was touched enough to write me an email about how it effected him.
I was moved, for many reasons. Today I see this big picture. A strand of connection that is threaded in and around the choices I make when it comes to words and writing. I’m not just talking about blog writing, although it’s a form of connection I doubt could be rivaled.
I write letters to my daughters, both here on my blog as a series (that’s been neglected), and handwritten ones. I write letters for the snail mail and send them off to friends with the hope that my words touch a persons day unexpectedly. I write short stories and novel length sagas without an ounce of expectation, but I do know someday they will connect one way or another with the universe. I give my life timeline and concrete memories via my blog. Words with purpose, sentences with connection, a paragraph that embraces or makes one laugh. I realized I do need that, I do want that for myself and I do thrive standing in the river surrounded by movement. I realized, in one form or another, words have a current and I am a better, happier, more content person when I share them. My life is also more richer when I actively seek others words and connection. Be it books, letters, blogs, a news article………….
I imagine everyone has a reason for why they write, what they write. Perhaps it’s important to them, ~the why~, perhaps it doesn’t matter in the least. I am prone to navel gazing, so to some degree, purpose for doing things is always on my radar. So today, I’m just finally uncovering the method to the madness. The ying and the yang of why I do what I do. I like knowing purpose and I believe I’m finally closing in on that definition.
~Grace note: Here’s a concept to try out~ As J did for me, write someone an email telling them how much you appreciated something they wrote. You could make their day, their week and bring an unexpected smile to their world~
Writing is therapy. I have all these nuggets bouncing around in my consciousness and writing is the outlet. Without it, you would surely see my picture in the newspaper with a caption starting, “Before turning the gun on himself…”
Paul’s last blog post..How to beat the recession…
Ding! A great realization and I’m glad the lightbulb went off for you as to *why* you write and what that means to you (at least in greater detail than it has before). And congratulations, hottie. You know you make my heart flutter and give me those funny feelings in my tummy!
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Congrats on the nominations! I’ll head over there shortly [snicker] and cast my vote. It is well-warranted, Rebecca. Say thank you and accept it without reservation or shyness. Even the Hot Mommies one. Especially the Hot Mommies one!
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Thank you Beth!!
And since I’m Short on time, I’ll just say, I’ll be back shortly after I’ve thought of something in regard to the shortcomings of my sycamore shyness mentality.
Your friend,
Amazon Rebecca
I’ve been awarded a few since I started blogging again,no hot mommie, I assure you, and I felt a little like a heel not posting them or awarding out…but it’s not my sort of thing.
When I was a teen I bought my Mom one of those BEST MOM EVER awards for Mother’s Day and she said: Pick me flowers in the vibrating breeze instead. It is one of those things I’ll always remember, and I use that on people(like Amelia)at times. So maybe Mom planted the seed for award aversion. ~Mary
ps But a Hot Mommie? Is that a take off of a MILF?
Mary’s last blog post..selfabsorbed dot.com
(Chuckling) I was honestly going to keep a straight face until Mary brought up the MILF then I lost it. In any event whatever awards your given dear friend are in high regards to the wonderful person you are. Writing I think for us both is a lifeline, a pulse that flows through us – without it I flouder and look for an escape that isn’t there.
I’ll go visit the site and definitely put in my nomination. As for the awards…Uhm…yeah…I don’t do so well in that dept. myself. I recently deleted all the ones at the bottom of my blog. Not that I don’t appreciate them…I just want my words to stand out for themselves. I wouldn’t display trophies if I won them either. I’m truly no good in the acceptance speech dept. so it’s just as well (winks)…I’m off….(Hugs)Indigo
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I just went signed up the whole caboodle to vote…yeah…I’m great like that (rolls eyes). Anyhow just wanted to stop back and say it may of been for the Hottest Mommy Blogger, but it was a beautiful review and I couldn’t agree with it more. (Hugs)Indigo
Indigo’s last blog post..Serious – A State of Mind
You’ve always been a writer I admired but I also admire you for your damn “disappear into the wilderness to hunt wooly mammoths with a bow and arrow” trips. To quote the philosopher, Napoleon Dynamite: LUCKY!
You rock, R!
Congratulations on the honors, you are so worthy of them. Thank you for this post.
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The nominations were my pleasure to make … and I meant every word in the description. Your blog is deserving of the nominations and worthy of the award (yes, even the HOT Mommies one, wear it like a badge of honor!).
The most insightful and eloquent writer this side of the new millenium. Not kidding..
Best, Judith Ann(e)
I was so happy when I found your blog again. How do we loose each other? Guess that whole damn AOL thing. Anyway, I have always enjoyed and marveled at the apparent ease you have to reach out and touch with words. The suggestion to write and tell someone why you enjoy their writing is brilliant in it’s simplicity!! I love snail mail too. Nothing beats the feeling of opening up the mail box and extracting a hand addressed envelope! I love giving that jolt to someone. Nothing says love like a hand written letter or note.
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you most definitely deserve these. AND i happen to think you probably are a pretty hot MILF <–snickers I only said that to make you blush.
ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDd, just remember 18 months, interest FREE for your kindle 2.
<–giggles and runs
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Congratulations on your blogger’s award because you truly deserve it. I’m truly grateful I tumbled across your blog because I can relate to you in so many ways. I too, write letters to my daughters, although they are still too young to even understand complete sentences. I haven’t written much yet, but I do plan on writing as much as I can so I can collect and pass it onto them one day.
We may not be your typical ‘mommy bloggers’ but I’m tempted to say that we are just as active (if not more) in our children’s lives. BTW, do you also have two daughters?
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