In The Way of an Apology


I am so very blessed.  

I know this.

Every day it becomes more and more evident.

I have been so very blessed in the friends I have made through blogging.  Thank you for the emails, the phone calls and the letters sent by you.  I truly appreciate it.  I am excited to announce that I am back.

And that means not just updating, but visiting you, too!

Looking in my reader to see more than 1000 posts to read was daunting. 

Overwhelming.

Discouraging.

But today, I took control.  I marked every single one of them as read.  I am starting fresh.  

Tonight.

Soon, I will be by to visit you.  In the meantime, thank you for sticking by and not being a fair weather friend.  You all are wonderful and I just love you to pieces!  Thank you again.

Comments

Jenny said…
Sometimes you just have to clean the slate so you can move ahead! I'm glad you did this!

Life is too complicated to be stressed out by blogging, sweet pea!
November 28, 2011 at 4:24 AM
Terra said…
I have been there...
November 28, 2011 at 4:46 AM
Chantel said…
You are wonderful as well!!! Come see me in the next week or so. Hopefully I'll have some new baby pictures. Eventually this kid has to come out, lol!!!
November 28, 2011 at 8:36 AM
Em said…
wait, what's reading blogs like??? i have missed it too;)
November 28, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Lourie said…
I am behind so I hope everything is okay....if not...I am going to feel horrible for not being a good bloggy friend. But no worries. Sometimes we just have to sit back and take a little break.
November 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM
Emmy said…
Yea! At the end of every week- usually Sunday afternoon, I mark all as read- because if I haven't gotten to it yet, I never will.
November 28, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Confessions of a PTO Mom said…
To everything there is a season...
November 29, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Lara Neves said…
Glad you're back. But certainly never feel obligated. We will always be here. :)
December 2, 2011 at 10:17 AM
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