Wow! I can’t believe it. I’m actually giving a blog a shot. I sat with Christy this week and she walked me through the process of getting one going. What better way to start than with ‘celebrate’ as the FMF Friday prompt? Today I am absolutely celebrating the fact that I have encouragers cheering me on from the sidelines as I try my hand at this. I celebrate the fact that I was welcomed into the Five Minute Friday Twitter party so readily – even though I am a ‘poser’ and not at all a real writer. I celebrate that I am making new friends through this community and that I actually got to meet sweet Christy (@homeskoolmomcr) when she came home to Knoxville this week to help her dad after surgery. I celebrate that God that is giving me the courage to let folks in after being so down for so long after my son’s death.
Speaking of God – I celebrate that He made the biggest sacrifice and gave His only Son to take my place on the cross. I celebrate that on the third day after He died He rose again. And oh how I celebrate that the same power that rose Him up from the grave is the very same power that will raise us all up when it’s time to be called home to Heaven!
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P.S. I actually took a little longer than five minutes to do this. Gimme a break y’all…it’s my first time! 😛
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You did GREAT!!!!! And yeah, I’m not many of us actually stop right at 5 minutes 🙂
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Thank you, sweet friend, for helping me out and for being the very first commenter on my blog!
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Welcome to the FMF party! What a blessed Savior we have to celebrate!
~For Such a Worm as I
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Thank you! Why yes, we most certainly do!!!
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Welcome! You did awesome! And you are a writer because you are here! I’m visiting from Five Minute Friday where I’m parked in the #6 spot.
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Thank you, Tara, for your encouragement!
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Visiting from Five Minute Friday – you did an awesome job on your first post. Maybe it be the first of many more!
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Thanks for stopping by, Andrea. I’m sure gonna try to keep going.
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Welcome to the blogging world. Christy and I have been blogging friends for a while. We have home schooling in common. I just graduated my last one, so I am turning to a new subject … my childhood growing up on a dairy farm. “Raised in a barn” !
I heard you would be joining us today! Good job. I can barely get started in five minutes. So don’t feel bad. I have a blog on wordpress, but my FMF post is at http://www.thefarmersplace.com.
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Thanks so much for giving my post a read. I admire all who homeschool their kiddos. Wish I had the confidence in myself to have attempted it. Gonna check out your post!
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So excited you joined in!! You write well!! Keep it up!! I am excited to see what else you have for us. Be candid, honest and yourself. Blogging isn’t always easy but for me it has been quite healing (even when my posts are dark and scary). ❤
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Marisa, you are such a blessing to me with your words of encouragement. I so enjoy reading your blog. You touch my heart with your words!
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Great first post, Lynette! I’m so glad that you’re joining in and can’t wait to learn more about you through your words!
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Why thanks you, Marie! You are so kind. So happy that I got to know you through our love of The Blacklist! 😊
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Hooray for your first post! And so fun that you got to meet Christy in person. She is a delight. And meeting blogging friends in real life is just the best ever. 🙂
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She is such a delight. So fun talking to her. Thanks so much for visiting, LeeAnn.
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Hey there and welcome to bloggy land! Celebrating YOU and your first post. I’m stopping over from FMF and I’m truly looking forward to reading more of what you have to share… and celebrate.
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Hurray! Congrats on your first post! Well done!
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Thanks!!!
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I am cheering loudly for you!!! I am so glad you took this brave step and let God lead the way with your words. You truly honored Him by stepping out. So glad you let me know that you posted this week. Blessings my friend!
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Thank you so much, Mary. Pray that I keep it up. Thanks for reading.
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Yay! You did it! So excited for your first post and celebrating YOU as you got the courage to step outside of your comfort zone and do something new. Can’t wait to see how God is going to honor your faithfulness. Much love to you, friend!
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Thanks so much, Asheritah. I couldn’t have done it without the encouragement of all of the FMF Twitter party peeps!
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Woot! Woot! Welcome to blogdom! It’s great to see you stepping out in faith and action!
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Thank you, Anita! I’m excited that I’m finally giving it a try.
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Way to go friend…you have begun to blog 😉 so excited to read your reflections as we FMF together. Yay for blog friend meeting in real life
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Thank you, Janel! I couldn’t have ever done it without the help of my new friends!
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Celebrating with you !! Go for it. From another “I’m gonna give this a go” blogger.
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Thanks, Tracey! Gonna try it and see what happens.
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Fact: I go over five minutes almost every week. Whoops. Ok not by much, but still! Haha.
Love this post, Lynette! (sorry I just got around to commenting!). And you are a ‘real’ writer- everyone can be a writer. The secret to being a writer? Write! And write some more. That’s all it takes, my friend. 🙂 Happy to have you joining us!
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Therein lies the challenge…keeping it up. I seem to stay so busy reading everybody else that I don’t think all that much about writing my own stuff. That and the fact that I’m not very blog setup-savvy. Thanks for reading.
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