Twice Blessed....

From Ces, in honor of Renee's Birthday, March 28th

Read the history of this award by clicking HERE

After several days of vacillating between work and being in a funk from the rain, I get one of Ces's comments that brings me to my feet...she always does! For the very few people in blogland that have not had the delight of visiting Ces and Her Dishes, you really need to pay a visit. Besides being a Mental Ninja, as opposed to my just being mental on any given day, she is a phenomenal artist and I firmly believe that she draws in her sleep.

No exaggeration......go look at the prolific amount of work the dear little Oak Nymph cranks out. It shames me.....well.....about as much as anything can shame me at my age! LOL!!!

At any rate, I'm wandering. Sorry.

I received this yesterday, Renee's birthday, and found myself trolling blogs with wonderful posts about Renee's life, especially one written by her sister at Circling My Head which Renee had kept up until her final passage into the light.

I felt completely inadequate to comment yesterday. Today, I can only say thank you with a humble heart. This is the second time I have received this award; the first time being from my dear friend Tristan at Enchanted Revelry. To be included in this circle of incredible people in blogdom, with others who have accomplished more than I have, to have the opportunity to meet all the wonderful souls I have here, to feel I have contributed to any creative sort, spurring them on in any way.....that leaves me speechless.

I had recently read an article by a 20-something, saying that bloggers are not real friends, just people who post, blah blah blah, and I thought WHAT???? What planet are YOU from??? The corner of Blogland where I live is full of loving, funny, caring, creative spirits, with all different views and people you can count on to send you an e-mail when you've been off blog to find out how in the HELL you are! (or have you been having too much fun.....) We live in a totally different section of this cyberworld, and boy oh boy, am I glad!

And that circles back to the award.......our circle, as it ever spirals out from that very first acorn, continues to give and give and give. Even when the mother tree is gone.....a new acorn finds coddling warm soil, is fed, and sprouts.

I am a sprout.

I am proud.

I stand with some taller than me, but that is fine......we all support each other in this forest of life. No tree falls that we do not hear and mourn, but also know it is going back to it's real home.

Thank you Ces for bestowing this award to me again, on a meaningful day, and damn it, you almost made me cry too.

So look out, I'll be coming to leave a comment.......

To all my blogfriends, and those who read that I do not know, I bid you.....

Pax.