i get you.

in the last couple weeks i have had random conversations with a friend who blogs.
we began talking about blogging...
okay maybe that isn't such a random topic. given we are friends and we both write blogs.
we talk about lots of other things too... really.

but on the topic of blogs which is my point, we talked about styles and trends.
the in's and out's of it all... following, followers, dirty rotten low down scum sucking spammers, comment moderation, stats, social media, etc
you know all that completely fascinating blog stuff that our
non-blogging-reading-writing  friends can not relate to.
and that's okay we love those friends too.

anyway we talked mostly about specific blogs we connect to and why we do and why complete strangers would be drawn into blogs of other complete strangers and how we find blogs we love...
it's all way more mind boggling than we will ever figure out.

so all that has lead me to this...

i wondered... if you wondered why i follow the range of blogs i follow....
and that being said i am talking about YOU...
yes, your blog.

do you see me in your follower box?
hi there. it's me, tracie.
so in case you ever wondered why i am over there in that box... here's why i follow you...

you help me selflessly and you don't even know it.
you make me laugh so hard i spit coffee all over my laptop.
you share your heart.
your knitting talents inspires me.
you paint outside the lines.
you are brave in ways that i am not, brave in ways you don't even realize.
your style is amazing.
you are inappropriate in the same ways i can be.
your recipes make my family happy.
you are kind.
you are from where i am from.
you are random.
you keep me going.
you pray for things i pray for.
you inspire me to sew.
you share my same struggles as a woman, wife, mother, a traveler of this world.
you are a good person.
you embrace the color wheel unabashedly.  
you share my values.
you are a child of God.
your written words are strung together like music notes.
you have pink hair, i love that about you.
you are far from home, like me.
you keep it real.
you see things others miss.
your photography is amazing and inspiring.
your travels are intriguing.
you can make something out of nothing, i love that about you.
you share yourself openly.
you are uniquely you.
you are beautiful.

bottom line.

i really do.
that's why i follow you and better yet...
i actually read your work and appreciate it.

you are part of my day.
keep writing.
keep doing what you do.
keep being you.

xo tracie