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“Thinking” About It – Thinking Blogger Award
By KWiz | April 14, 2007
One of the great things about being here in the world of blogging is I’ve been able to begin developing my voice to attempt to talk about some things that are important to women (and men too!). Since I’ve started, I’ve met so many great people who’ve encouraged me along the way, tagged me for memes, wrote great comments, linked to my blog, joined my MyBlogLog community, interviewed me for their blogs, featured me on their blogs, and added me to their blogrolls. To be mentioned in some way in this world is an incredible honor to me.
Well, there’s more!
Crunchy Carpets and Keith have graciously chosen to bless me with the Thinking Blogger Award started by Ilker at The Thinking Blog. Thank you for “thinking” so highly of me; it’s hard to know what to say. Nevertheless, in light of their honor, I’d like to pass it on to the following five folks who make me think (this list is not comprehensive!!!):
Thinking Blogger Award #1 goes to Manchild at When Least Expected™ – Sure, he’s my husband, but to see the thought that goes into everything he says really just blows my mind. I see it firsthand and I know that what he writes is from his heart and soul. He’s never afraid of what people will think about him, he doesn’t care about the status quo – he just challenges just about everyone who reads his blog. He genuinely cares about people and their own personal and spiritual growth, not only in the blogging world, but in the physical world as a whole.
Thinking Blogger Award #2 goes to Camille at Now – Camille is a wonderfully gifted writer who writes with incredible insight. A person with so many gifts and talents, it comes out in her writing. She offers some very raw and revealing moments at times, but it’s not soupey or necessarily sentimental. It’s just very real.
Thinking Blogger Award #3 goes to Alexander at B.I.D.E.: Spiritual Commentary on Current Events – B.I.D.E. stands for Benevolence In Dharmic Exploration. Alexander, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, really takes the time to discover what’s going on in the world and writes about spirituality and faith related to the world’s current events. He even covers those tough stories about “ugly” issues that many people don’t want to talk about.
Thinking Blogger Award #4 goes to Jennifer at Goodness Graciousness – Jennifer writes with incredible grace. I really can’t describe what she does over there. Her “desire is to put thoughts of goodness and graciousness into the universe.” All I know is every time I visit, I come away with something thoughtful and beautiful.
Thinking Blogger Award #5 goes to The New Parent – For those of you who are parents, I recently discovered this wonderful place where we can learn how to educate ourselves to raise thoughtful, well-behaved children. I’ve not really come upon a parenting site like this one. The father of this site is a new parent (hence the name), but somehow, he has a wealth of wisdom on how to change the world by changing our children.
Final thoughts – for my winners of this award, if you want to nominate your own “thinkers,” here are the rules of engagement:
If, and only if, you get tagged, Write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,- Link to Ilker’s post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
- Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).
Manchild, Camille, Jennifer, Alexander, and the New Parent – thank you for making me think!
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Topics: Blogging, Parenting, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Growth, Writing | 18 Comments »
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April 14th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Gracious bestowal of your
Golden award shows your
Heart goes as
Deep as God’s
Love…
April 14th, 2007 at 7:14 am
What a wonderful morning. First the bridge at the top of the page…
Then your thoughtful, kind, generous considerations…
There is no end to the wonders I find on your blog!
You’ve made me think over and over. You give me the courage to face the things I thought I couldn’t think about before.
You’re right ‘One of the great things about being here in the world of blogging is I’ve been able to begin developing my voice’.
Thanks Kwiz. I will give this (meme) the thought it deserves!
Camille
April 14th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Camille,
You are absolutely deserving of me letting my readers know (if they don’t know already) how thoughtful you are. I’m glad coming here this morning made a difference in your day! Have a great one!
April 14th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Alexander,
You’re too kind…again.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Great choices, KWiz!
April 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Thank you Keith! I appreciate your feedback!
April 14th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Kwiz, congratulations to you and Manchild. I have learned from you both and am proud of influence on the internet.
April 14th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Hi Jim,
Thanks so much for the encouragement! I really appreciate it!
April 16th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Hi Kwiz… answer to meme is here http://nowcamillecrawford.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-to-think.html
I wish I could have given the ‘thinking blog award’ back to you… because you are one of those that make me think in a way that I really value and respect!
Thank you!
Camille
April 16th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I am glad to see you racking in the thinking blogger awards. They are so deserved. Now I’m going to have to check out your thinkers, especially the hub.
Be well and enjoy the day
April 16th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
I love the new look by the way. Love it.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Hi Camille,
Thank you for thinking of me so highly. I feel the same about you.
By the way, your response was wonderful and “thoughtful”!
April 16th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Hi Danielle!
Thank you for your kind words. I hope you enjoy the blogs (esp. the hubby!). I truly do enjoy them regularly!
And I’m glad you like the new look! I had been looking for something that wasn’t like anybody else’s, and I was getting a little frustrated seeing the old theme in lots of places. Let’s see how long this one lasts!
May 13th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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July 27th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
As I wrote on When Least Expected…
I’m sure some of the blogs out there (maybe yours too) actually deserve this award, but I see it on almost every blog now, and it’s been passed around from one friend to another disregarding the blog’s quality. This is why on my blog I awarded myself the “Self-Proclaimed Thinking Blogger Award”
September 17th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
hi
I am really happy to have stumbled into this site.
Being a blogger can relate to the happiness at getting the thinker blogger award.
Just went through your blogs and definitly feel you deserve the award.
Have to thank you for showing me B.I.D.E again a good one and definitely is the fabric of spirituality.
Jennifer with her graciousness defintely is educating and motivating isn’t it?
AS a parent myself could relate to the new parent blog and it also definitely deserves an award.
Thanks for sharing the info and the links.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
All I want to say is I could have given the ‘thinking blog award’ back to you… because you are one of those that make me think in a way that I really value and respect!