You know, the sweet, mushy ones from Barbie or National Geographic, or the Dalai Lama. Please don't misunderstand. I quite like reading these, and will go so far as to say that a good deal of them make me misty. What sticks in my craw is that proviso at the end. You know exactly what I'm talking about. The one that says that if I don't send this off in the next 20 seconds to 1000 of my closest personal friends, a giant karmic fireball will strike me down right where I sit in front of the computer screen, muttering " Dammit - not another one of these bloody things...".
I have many issues with these - best left to discuss another day.
However.
What I do love about the blogosphere is that is provides us all the opportunity, through blogroll and otherwise, to get to know people we would otherwise never meet. It provides the opportunity to shine a light on someone special, and to participate in some small way in their lives. Maybe even do some good.
I met the good Countess Gina through my recent submission at IB. By going to her blog page, I learned about her wonderful mother, Tina, who is facing a cancer challenge. Gina has set up a blog site for her mom, and also created Team Tina, a widget you can put on your page to bring more people by to Tina's site:
As far as I can ascertain, the agenda is beautiful and healing in its simplicity - go here just to say hey, set for a while, and send some virtual hugs Tina's way.
This is why I love blogging.
