Thank You Fellow Bloggers

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I never thought I'd write this... but I'm kind of sad that November is over.  Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that the onslaught of sickening promotion of adoption in any form that focuses on finding a child for the family rather than a family for a child.  But I'm sad because for a whole month some of my favorite bloggers were blogging everyday.  I would wake up and find that I had ten new blog posts in my reader.  I'd have so much fun reading them all.  And then at lunch, I'd have another five.  And then before bed there'd be another six.  You get the picture.  Full reader = happy Jenn.

Naturally we had some drama.  It happens.  But I loved reading my fellow bloggers.  I felt I got to know them better.  And in a way, I felt like I was invited into their lives.  When blogging everyday, you have to dig deep to find something worth blogging about.  And sometimes you don't find too much (have you read some of my posts?).  So little details are blogged about here and there that maybe stray a little bit off topic.  I'm sure some people hate that.  I mean, you read a themed blog for the theme right?  I read for the blogger.  So any details they choose to share is appreciated.  It's just that a lot of those details happen to be about something that I enjoy reading about (maybe enjoy is the wrong word... read as a sense of therapy maybe?).  It took me a while (um, nine days maybe?) to figure out what felt so wrong about December.  I'm not the brightest bulb apparently... But I started to realize that the people I've so enjoyed reading are posting less frequently because they have actual lives.  Whoops!  Guess I should have realized that!

I love my fellow bloggers.  And my sidebar has been getting a pretty good workout last month.  So that's really cool.  And honestly?  I walked away feeling like I learned a lot.  There are some really smart people out there blogging.  They are smart in different ways.  Some of them are amazingly intelligent when it comes to academics.  They read these books and get so much out of them, things that I have no hope of understanding.  There are others who have this fantastic ability to read people.  A few of my bloggers notice things about other bloggers that I never picked up on.  I'm not super great at reading people all the time.  So it's amazing to read their insights.  And don't let me forget those who so eloquently put into words what I'm feeling as if they are reading my mind.  I'm not a word person.  I never have been.  You aren't going to find amazing sentences here.  I try so hard but there are typos all over the place.  I'm an engineer.  I'm not known for my writing skills.  So these people who are such amazing writers blow my mind away.  And there are loads of other categories of "smart" I'm just having a hard time coming up with them at this moment (I need caffeine).  And in case you were wondering, my smartness comes from the ability to tell you what everything means if you right click on this page and click "View Source".  See that giant mess?  That's one of the things I'm crazy good at.  Thus why I get annoyed when things don't work the way they are supposed to.  Moving on...

So this is my tribute to you my fellow bloggers.  Thank you for writing.  Thank you for helping me along this journey.  I wouldn't be blogging if it wasn't for you leading the way.  Thank you for inspiring me with your thoughtful posts, your dedication to the next generation of adoptees, and your fearless pursuit of justice for all adoptees.  Your courage and determination is something to be admired.  Thank you.