Reader Appreciation Day

I'm told that today is Reader Appreciation Day, and since I have so few readers; I want to make sure all 15 (or so) of you know how glad I am to have any audience. I always dreamed of a professional opinion column, but I probably should have majored in Journalism as opposed to Latin if I had wanted to make that happen. (And even then, it would have been a longshot.) So, I started blogging instead. I enjoy it and I hope I write things from time to time that others of you enjoy too. (You must, or you wouldn't be here-right?)

To Anne, Chris, Christy, and my online mother friends-You all have been here since Day 1 and even before then. Some of you even directed me to Blogger in the first place. Most of you received my mass weekly update emails that pre-dated this blog by several years and gave me lots of positive feedback whether I deserved it or not. So thank you for being my friends in all aspects of my life. Thanks for letting me blog about many of our adventures (and misadventures) throughout the years. I enjoy reading many of your blogs too.

To those of you who found me through some common interest (i.e. church, another blogger, blog memes, being a fellow Sooner fan, etc...) thanks for finding my little life here in the Midwest interesting enough to read about every day. And for those of you from other faiths, thanks for respecting mine as much as I respect each of yours. (Or at least holding your tongue-that works for me too.) ;>) And I'm not kidding when I speak of your various beliefs with love. Those months I spent in college attending the Baptist Student Union are still some of my best memories and always will be. I still love to go to Mass and did so several times during my mission in Italy with great enjoyment. And I've had positive experiences at a variety of other churches throughout my life and will always have the up most respect for them.

And to you, yeah, you know who you are. I think I may have started this blog in part because I couldn't talk to you anymore. It's not that I need to talk to you daily, but when those things happen that only you would appreciate-it's nice that I can tell you about them. I like things the way they are now. As I once explained to John, it's hard to look in a mirror when one of the people who knows you best hates you. It's been nice not to cringe at my own reflection for the last few months. So thanks for that. (As if I didn't owe you enough already.)

For those of you who feel like you don't fit into any of the above categories, thank you for reading too! Stick with me, the best is yet to come! Or so I hope...