My Heart is Soaring

When I first got online today, my first thought was "Oh! I wonder if my Aunt Tanya has gotten her internet back yet..." I always love her stories, pictures, and adventures. So I popped on and checked over at The Dairy Wife, and part 2 of the Heddgeville story was up on top. I've already read it - a few times (great story!) - so then I bounced over to The Farmhouse Kids (her original blog) and was tickled pick to see she had a new entry!

She had created a new award.
And so THIS is how blogger awards are born...neat-o! Guess I'd never really thought about it before, but the awards are all created by someone. In this case, my awesome Aunt! I went on to read... and had no idea she was talking about me until the very end!

I sat there with tears in my eyes for several minutes, and all I could say was "Oh, my goodness...! Oh, my goodness...!" It's just now that I'm really able to write anything! It hasn't been since my school days that I've really wondered what others think about me. And now to read something so genuinely wonderful about myself... I'm very honored that this is what someone else thinks of me.



I cannot say thank you enough to you, Tanya. Thank you for the beautiful things you said about me. Thank you for seeing me in a way that I never knew anyone would! Thank you for your beautiful award you created. And thank you for the beautiful quote as well...

Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment. --Arthur Jersild

I'm already thinking about who all I want to pass this award on to as well. There were several that came to mind right off the bat...! I'll pass it on to the first of my 3 tomorrow - today, I'm going to cherish the award to sweetly given to me by my Aunt - The Dairy Wife!