My own Blog book

When I first started blogging about two and a half years ago, I saw an advertisement pop up (continuously) about creating a book out of the blogs you wrote.  I thought someday that would be cool.  The more I wrote, the more I wanted to do the book, but the less I saw the advertisement pop up.  It got to the point where it never popped up and I thought it was a lost opportunity...everyone knows, I don't let opportunities go by easily. 

Well, a couple of months ago it popped up again and I thought about it again...mentioned to Bob it would be a good gift for me, but then stopped seeing the advertisement.

This week, it popped up again and I decided I was going to give myself a present.  I ordered it-black and white, which was only 20.00.  The table of contents alone is like 10 pages, according to the visual it showed me.  It is soft covered and I was able to pick the cover (a beach).  I was proud of myself after I had done that...given back to me something that I felt I hadn't had....(visiting some old ghosts lately).

However, the best part about it was when I found myself sharing with Dad what I had done, I was positively glowing.  I could feel my smile on my face and the excitement in my voice as I described how my words about the most important things to me-life, family, love- would be in a book format.  I couldn't believe how good it felt, and it hasn't even come yet. 

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