The Brilliant Blog Award

A lot of the same blog awards have been floating around lately.  I thought it was about time for some fresh meat.

The Brilliant Blog Award, hot and fresh out of the kitchen.

Of course, with every blog award, there are rules:
Da Rules

1. Write an acceptance speech, linking back to the person who gave it to you.
2. Write 7 things you believe in.
3. Give the award to as many brilliant blogs as you would like to share the love.

Since I am the originator, I’ll skip to nominations:

1. Manic Monday
2. Seasons Change, and so have I
3. A Canvas of the Minds
4. Pride in Madness
5. Mental in the Midwest
6. Mm172001’s Blog
7. A Little Bit Stronger
8. Crazy in the Coconut
9. Just a Thought
10. witheringtulip
11. aliceatwonderland
12. A Clown on Fire
13. How Do You Eat An Elephant
14. Infinite Sadness . . . or hope?
15. Laura Susanne Yochelson
16. Anxiety Adventures
17. Overcoming Depression
18. Struggling with BPD
19. Electra.me
20. Disorderly Chickadee
21. neveraloneblog
22. Manic Muses
23. Snippets and Glimpses
24. Someone Fat Happened
25. My Journey with Depression

More of the Belated Blog Awards Ceremony

The Versitile Blogger Award

I’d like to thank Angel at The Mirth of Despair for this award.  It was extremely thoughtful of her to gift me with this.

As per the rules, I am required to share seven facts about myself.  So, here are seven randomly chosen facts:

1. I am currently using The Hunger Games Soundtrack as my backdrop for writing.  I write better when I’m listening to music, but it has to fit the mood.  I think The Hunger Games is all around inspirational.
2. I am currently in love with the following song:

3. On a more serious note, I wage a war against alcoholism. I have talked about it briefly, but it’s actually very real, daily battle.
4. I actually have two different colored eyes.  One is a blue / grey and the other is a green/ gold.  It’s hardly noticeable.
5. I have a son with Pervasive Development Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified.
6. Some of you are newer and unaware of the unique relationship I have with my husband, Xan.  Xan and I were actually very good friends for five years prior to being romantic.  If I had advice for anyone single, it would be this.  Marry your best friend.  Because when the romance melts away, you still have a solid friendship to lean on.
7. I have never been very good at being single.  And I’ve usually avoided it as most costs.  Nothing scares me more than having to be alone with myself.

My Nominations:

1. Someone Fat Happened
2. A Clown on Fire
3. Laments and Lullabies
4. Alice at Wonderland
5. Finding Finn

 

Outstanding Blogger Award

Again, I’d like to thank Angel for nominating me for this lovely award.  It is a huge deal to me and means the world.  I appreciate all of your awards and sentiments.

Per the rules, I have to share one important thing about myself:

I am naive, jealous, and terribly insecure.  I just want to put that soft, vulnerable side out there for people to see.  I know it’s not always evident, but there is so much storm going on beneath this surface.

And then there’s the business of nominations:

1. Manic Monday
2. Mental Health Writer’s Guild
3. Seasons Change, and so Have I
4. …But She’s Crazy
5. Struggling with BPD
6. Angel’s Blog

 

Thanks for Writing

Angel has been entirely too generous over the last year when giving awards.  Honestly, I don’t know if I’m so deserving, but I appreciate every last award.  Especially this one.  This award makes me feel as if my writing is worthwhile, like it means something to my audience.  Sometimes, I really do have to wonder.  I mean, in those dark moments where I torment myself with my stats.

This is really the ray of sunshine in my day.  Thank you for this award, however long ago it was given.  I appreciated it then, and I hope that it still stands today.