Sometimes, saying thank you may sound so trite and flippant in the face of such warmth and fellowship.
It may sound surprising, but I always feel humbled when I see the hands of fellowship extended, the encouragement received and the respect accorded within this commendable, intelligent community of humans.
Inherently, a lot of people are wonderful and if half the positive fellowship, vibes, hugs, motivation and care that are expressed within the blogging space are experienced in the real World, it would be less acrimonious as it is currently.
This week and several weeks in a row, so many of you put smiles on my face in different manners, some went out of their ways to nominate me for an award, to do a blog review for my blog and to extend their warmth.
I say thank you, ‘dalu, imela’ in my native language because it strikes a deep cord inside me.
Thank you for the generosity of your hearts. Thank you for the gift of your time. Thank you for your outstretched arms of fellowship. Thank you for supporting me in this space. It is heartwarming.
Jason, The opinionated man at Harsh Reality , I thank you for a delightful review that tickled me pink 🙂
Maria Holm, I thank you for the lovely synopsis and celebration in your post.
Ngobesing Romanus of Success Inspirer, a big thank for the invitation to the interview challenge.
Joanne Bretzer at Velissima, I appreciate your nomination for Blogger Recognition Award.
Sunesiss of Atomic Words , Joan of Marlton Trainer, Voyager of Freedom and Diana of Toast and Tea together, thank you all for the Sunshine Blogger Award.
Thank you to Vibrant of Blabberwockying , Stephanie Cardozo, Vincent Wambua , Smiling away allergies,Obscurasomnia, and Keeping up appearances for, The Liebster Award. You guys are great 🙂
Africa Bohemian at Tribe 53 thank you for the Infinity Dreams Award.
A big thank you for One Lovely Blog Award and The Versatile Blogger Awards to Anand of Blabberwockying
For the beautiful Respect Award, I thank you Anand with all humility. A lovely new bling for my blog 🙂
Susan, I appreciate the double nominations of One Lovely Blog Award and Blogger Recognition Award.
Kay Morris and Psychochromatic Inception, thank you for the nomination for One Lovely Blog Award. You guys rock 🙂
“You all, are huge sources of inspiration, encouragement and beautiful souls.” I appreciate the affiliation.
To quickly answer a few of the questions picked from the different bloggers:
- Do I aspire to be published. I respond with a big affirmative YES! One day soon 🙂
- What do I enjoy most about blogging. The networking and warmth makes it worthwhile.
- Do I believe in miracles? Very much so! Why do I believe in it? I see myself as a miracle each day.
- A great writer is a great reader, do I agree? Yes of course! You have to nourish your mind through the words of other great artists.
- How do I cope with the writers block. I dance. I sleep. I relax and read. I brainstorm it out.
- If someone had to think about something that reminds them of you what would it be? That she is one lovely soul.
- What language would I like to learn? Spanish and Arabic.
- Cats or Dogs? Dogs any day.
- Hardest sin to avoid? The unwitting spirit of envy that sometimes steals in when unwatched.
- Love is? Love is a committed choice, day after day.
Knowing the amount of hours that goes into doing these posts I am truly at loss at who to nominate.
Kind regards and blessed love.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha.
The Beautiful Commendations
Congratulations. You have a great many admirers because you have a lovely heart.
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Thank you very much Patrick. What a beautiful thing to say. My respects Sir 🙂
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Congratulations dearie! :-*
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Thank you Lavanya ((hugs))
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You’re welcome!
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Well-deserved accolades for a lovely lady!
Your dedication to writing and the quality of your content is so admirable, you inspire me to work harder at this Play with Words. Thank you 🙂
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Sisi me, dalu. I hope to meet up with you one day soon. Maybe during a visit to Lasgidi. That would be lovely 🙂
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That would be very lovely. 🙂
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there is something about your work, your writing, that is so honest. i think that is why you are such a well liked / respected writer. honest. fresh. always interesting. and kind! you are kind, Jacqueline Obyikocha.
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Aww! Violet, I wish I am in SA right now. I would give you such a big hug ((hugs)) thank you 🙂
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Congratulations on your many awards. Your writing and and your good heart an soul deserve the accolades.
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Bernadette, thank you for your beautiful words. I read your lovely posts and I see a lot of heart there too 🙂
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Ohhhh wow. You have a lot of awards! You deserve every single one of them! 😊 congratulations❤️
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Many thanks Kat. You are very graceful 🙂
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Congratulations on all the awards!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Congratulations! You deserve them all and more! Keep writing!!!
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My salutations. Thank you too. I will keep at it. Kind regards 🙂
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Wow! Congrats on your awards. I read you once and knew this is one person to follow. I sort of feel like I have a sister in a blogger. Jisike nwanne m.
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Dalu. Thank you very much Adamma for those lovely words and yes you do have a sister blogger 🙂
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Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
I am glad you liked being included in the reviews and that people appreciate them. They have been fun… if time consuming. lol 😉 -OM
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Thank you kind Sir 🙂
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Amen! Keep Shining and smiling BIG!
Abundant blessings,Emma
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Thank you very much Emma. God bless 🙂
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You’re welcome dear :0))
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You are a lovely and prolific writer and I do look forward to seeing your posts!
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Thank you so much Diane for such high praise. Your words are a blessing. Kind regards.
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Congratulations. You are a lovely lady with a lovely talent for expressing your heart in lovely language.
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Thank you very much my lady. I appreciate your lovely words 🙂
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Beautiful piece..I like your answers to the questions. Beautiful.
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Thank you Mary. Much appreciated.
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You most welcome Jacqueline.
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Congrats dear on all your awards ❤ You are an inspiration for all the bloggers here in wordpress
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Thank you Nadine. I appreciate your encouragements
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Here’s some of that virtual cake and you can celebrate too!! 😀
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Thank you 🙂
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This is beyond awesome, Jacqueline!!! It’s really sweet of you…so much positivity and gratefulness!
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Thanks dear girlfriend. Bless you 😇
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Congratulations, just shows what a great person you are 🙂
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Thank you very much for such lovely words. I appreciate it.
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most welcome
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Thank you for mentioning me Jacqueline ! I only see this now as so much is happening in the blogging world and the real world
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I know and understand. Sometimes, a lot of links and comments people send across go missing somewhere. It is a busy life and my pleasure to connect with you 🙂
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May I ask you where you live ?
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We moved to Dubai from Houston in July following my husbands work/business transfer.
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Thank you Jacqueline for letting me know this. Somehow I just think it’s so nice to know a little bit about where the bloggers live when we communicate. It’s for me also a plus to know the name of people
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Oh yes! It makes communication easier and you get a somewhat better feel of the person that you are talking to. Its my pleasure Maria 🙂
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I am so impressed by what you are writing you ought to be on ” freshly pressed” Jacqueline
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Oh my word! That is a very massive compliment. Thank you so much Maria. You have made my heart very glad 🙂 Bless you and kind regards.
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congratulations on your many awards and the review, I love your blog and how supportive you are to other blogs, you deserve them and more…love and light
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Thank you my dear. I really appreciate your words. Blessings 🙂
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