Reader Appreciation Award
This award has been waiting patiently in my ‘About’ to be published. Thanks to Steph has nominated me for the Reader Appreciation award.
I’m very honoured to receive this award and for being nominated by such a distinguished blogger as Steph who’s appreciation of music and poetry have really broaden my horizons.
I should be listing 6 nominees but it will have to be more!! these are
These are my most regular readers. I know and there are many many more if I have not mentioned you please consider yourself nominated. I am grateful to all of you who read my offerings I love reading all your work too!!! So once again THANK YOU!
Author: willowdot21
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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Oh, willowdot, I am gulping back the tears at seeing my blog’s name first on this list of nominees. Steph is so continually gracious in these nominations. She certainly picked a winner in you, dear willowdot!
You deserve this so much by honouring me with your eyes and virtual ears!! 🙂 XX
Very honored 🙂 thanks!! 🙂 hugs
and congrats to you!!
You deserve this award xxx
Hello, thank you for these very kind words and for putting my name next to Rose’s (granbee) in your list. and thank you even more for being such a faithful reader of my little postings.
Love, Steph xxx
You also deserve the honour. I really enjoy your blog it is a pleasure to read.
Wünsche dir einen wunderschönen Tag Grüsse lieb Gislinde
Thanks and have a good week xx
What a gorgeous award – thank you!
And consider yourself re-nominated by me 😉
Thanks and I was so happy to nominate your blog.
Congratulations on this award, Willow! And thank you very much for nominating me! Love, Linda
Willow, You are so wonderful…thank you for even thinking of me.
You are right…I am a little swamped at the moment, but I will post an acceptance speech soon…I promise.
Thanks again for all the encouragement these past several months…it has been greatly appreciated.
Be encouraged!
Well you deserve it!!remember,my Dad the union man always said “one job at a time, brother, one job at a time!”
Thank you so much for nominating me! ❤
It is my great pleasure
Congratulations and thank you, Willow 🙂 x
😉 XX
Congratulations………………
Thank you for my nomination…:)
my pleasure you deserve it!
congrats and well deserved
bows (~_~) humble
d*~*b
Mal ein lieber Gruss wünsche eine gute Woche Gruss Gidlinde
thank you for your good wishes. I wish you a good week too.