I'm off to a new place and I hope you will come visit me…
Love,
Val
"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same.
Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination."
-Don Williams Jr.
There is a new gem in my life, and her name is Erin. I met her via 5 Minutes For Mom when they had their Ultimate Blog Party a few weeks ago. I had the amazing opportunity to meet hundreds of fabulous women, and she was one of them. We visited each others blogs during the party and we both felt instantly connected, and as they say, the rest is history!
So today Erin posted a great (of course I call it great!) entry titled "5 Blogs That Make Me Think", and guess what?! I not only made her list, but I made it to # 1! I won a blogger award! Yipppeeee!! She absolutely made my day . . . my night. (Thank you, Erin!) This is what she wrote:
Val...a sweet woman I have never met, but feel privileged to call her "friend". Her sincere heart and lovely personality just pours from her words on her Blog.
To have a chance to grin from cheek to cheek and then think "wow, maybe I am blogging for a reason", is just a great feeling. And to be called a "friend" by a total stranger, by someone who I feel like never really was a stranger but a great long lost friend from the very start, is just, well, the best feeling in the world.
Thank you, Erin. I can't possibly even begin to name a list of 5, but please know that you would definitely be on it.
First of all, there is some hope with Noah's vomiting! He has only thrown up twice in 3-1/2 hours and we think those two times were because we let him drink too much all at once. My poor boy is drinking like he's never had water in his life! Prayers, prayers and more prayers that he continues to keep most of it down. (The thought of dehydration and being hooked up to i.v.'s is scary!) The phenergan seems to be working, but I've been reading up on it (thanks to the internet which can force me to become paranoid!) and while it is amazing stuff, it can also be scary. We'll be keeping a very watchful eye on him all night. Thank you for all so very much for the thoughts and prayers today. A network of friends is an amazing thing!
Secondly, I have been highlighted today as a featured favorite blog by Janice at 5 Minutes for Mom! I never ever thought I would be featured, but how exciting! Finally, on this dreaded 31st birthday of mine, I'm feeling a little special. (*blush*) Thank you for all your kind words, Janice, and for giving me not just recognition for Purple Valley, but for my passion of photography @ VWC and for Grandma's Diary. It's all such an honor. Really, it is. Keep up the hard work at 5 Minutes! You and Susan are inspiring women yourselves!
