A blogger made me weep today.
My friend’s son died last summer of cancer, at age 16 months. She has a new blog post up about what it is like to move from being a family of four to a family of three. It’s hard reading, but also insightful, beautiful, and so very tender.
A blogger made me laugh today.
Alice at finslippy has a five-year-old son. I have a five-year-old son. When I’m reading Alice’s conversations with her boy, it makes me laugh, laugh with the deep, deep knowledge that I’ve been there. SO TRUE.
A blogger gave me the warm fuzzies today.
I love reading cute stories about kids. That’s why I post so many myself. Mary Lynn at Riding in a Handbasket has a cute one about her son wanting to do his OWN handwashing, thank you very much.
A blogger almost made coffee come out my nose today.
These photos of Heather Armstrong from Dooce at 20 weeks pregnant are a scream. If it weren’t so creepy, I’d print them out and hang them on my wall. Maybe I’ll just bookmark them for a day when I really need a pick me up — or really need to have my nose cleaned out with coffee.
A blogger made me afraid today.
Porter at Porter’s Ponderings had a really hard day when her daughter didn’t get off the school bus as usual. Her story has a happy ending, but reading about that half hour of frantic phone calls and that horrible, sickening feeling in your stomach when you feel your child is in danger…it reminded me how easily your whole world can get turned upside down. The worries of a parent are boundless.
A blogger moved me today.
Shwanda was brave enough to share the story of how her marriage ended — when she discovered her husband of 10 years was gay. Her factual retelling of a very hard time was so touching, it brought tears to my eyes.
A blogger showed me something beautiful today.
I totally want to own a print of this photo, taken by Ottawa photoblogger Robin and posted on his Watawa Life blog.
A blogger made me think today.
This is an older post, but I think that Zoom’s comments on Harm Reduction for Drug Addicts should be required reading for all Canadians and, especially, Canadian politicians. My views on drug addiction have been totally changed from reading Zoom’s blog.
A blogger taught me something today.
Andrea at Quietfish is my go-to gal for crafty ideas for the whole family, and this week I learned how to make bird feeders and custom bird food with the kids. Yet another great idea that brings more fun to our place.
This is what I get out of being a member of the blogging community — the incredible opportunity to meet people from all walks of life, to hear their voices, to listen to their stories.
They inspire me to write more, share more, be more. To really be a part of this community, this world.
* This post was written as an entry in a contest to win a trip to BlogHer ’09, and you all just know I would squeal so loud they would hear me on Venus if I were able to go. Plus, you get to be the online correspondant for Mabel’s Labels, the contest sponsor. Mabel’s Labels is one of the few products I would actually endorse on this blog, considering that I a) use them extensively myself, our entire world is Mabelled Labelled, and b) love them so much that I got our PTA to start a Mabel’s Labels fundraiser despite a maelstorm of PTA politics straight out of a bad Hollywood suburbia flick, and I’d tell you all about it but it would be SO inappropriate to write about here. I swear though, if I win the trip, and I see you at BlogHer, you will get ALL the gossip.
TurtleHead 
ZOMG! You mentioned my blog in such close proximity to Dooce. That totally makes my day. 🙂 I definitely think you deserve to win a trip to BlogHer.
Entry or no (and blogher09 sounds way fun) that was a great post. 🙂 Good luck.
Well, I hope the folks at Mabel’s Labels read your other blog posts, too. They need to see that you are truly the best candidate!
Thanks for the reading. Couldn’t do the first one though. Too close to Max’s age. And I love the Watawa Life blog. That’s one I will bookmark for sure. Good luck with the contest. I’ll poke my head of the door to see if I hear you screaming.
Thank you TurtleHead. I never thought about all the different feelings and emotions that I go through when I am reading blogs. Reading all the entries have really started me thinking about why I work with so many bloggers and truely enjoy it so much.
And to fame_throwa, I am definately going to check out the rest of TurtleHead’s blog posts!
Caitlin @ Mabel’s Labels
I believe all of Robin’s photos are for sale. There is a link on his blog where you can order prints.
And, wow – you follow a lot of interesting blogs. I’m going to have to check them out
XUP — You are quite right. I thought only the ones already on ImageKind were for sale, but I just double checked, and Robin says he’ll upload anything that people want to buy. Now I just have to convince Sir Monkeypants that this is a must-have, given our current economic uncertainty. If nothing else, I am definitely going to get it for myself for my birthday!
And to everyone else — thanks guys, you are so awesome. Yet another reason why I love bloggers and blogging!
Thanks for mentioning my photo on Watawa life. I’m thrilled that you like it! I’ve uploaded it to Imagekind so you can take a closer look at it, if you want to. There is absolutely no obligation for you to buy it. It will stay there until I need the space for something else.
Thanks again! I like your blog.
-Robin
Thanks so much for sharing those.
BlogHer ‘09 All the way!! Good Luck!
what a nice reflective post.
I feel honoured to have been included in this post with such illustrious company! And I very much hope you get to go to Blogher – you’re an interesting and thoughtful blogger and you’ll have much to contribute.
Oops. I was logged in under my other ID. That was Me, Zoom, that said that stuff. 🙂
Thanks for mentioning me in this post. i have been MIA a bit this week. I’m sorry that I made you afraid, it seems alot of people were shaken from my experience. But yes, thank goodness my story does have a very happy ending indeed…and that is what I am trying to focus on.
I love your blog, you write with alot of energy and happiness. I’m so glad that you visit my blog too. The connections we get to make via blogging are incredible.
xoxoxooxo
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