Welcome back, friends!! How are you?? I hope you all had a splendid Memorial Day weekend and kicked off the unofficial beginning of summer in style. As we ease back into our routines (is that EVER an easy thing??), it occurred to me: You all are always so wonderful and listen to me prattle on endlessly about everything — even the most mundane things — and I am SO grateful for that! So I thought today would be the perfect time to ask YOU…
What’s going on in your corner of the world? What exciting things have you been up to lately?? I’d LOVE to hear all about your life, friends!!! Also, I’ve been getting lots of sweet emails ever since my Good Housekeeping essay came out! I’ve so enjoyed hearing from everyone and thought I’d share some of those sweet words from readers…
–“I have MS and am 20 years older than you, but I just read your article in Good Housekeeping! Great writer, funny as hell, and oh yeah disabled. I am so used to pity looks, disgusted looks, and so on…that I stopped looking at all. So excited to see a woman willing to bare her soul…”
–“I just read your story in June’s Good Housekeeping. You are quite an inspiration. Your story made me think of my own dad and how we supported each other through the bad times and how much we enjoyed the good times.”
–“I read your article in Good Housekeeping on “Father’s Day”. I must say your depiction of your father in your life brought me to tears. You are very lucky to have had such wonderful memories with a great man. Congratulations on your successes in life and overcoming the challenges you have faced with your disability.”
–“I came across your essay in Good Housekeeping this month and wanted to tell you how much I loved it. Your father sounds like an incredible man. I then of course headed over to your blog and spent an hour or so reading through it this morning, and I just had to write and tell you how much it inspired me. I really struggle with being open and vulnerable as a writer, and you do it incredibly well on all kinds of topics–love, relationships, depression, body image, fashion. I’d love to be half as open as you are on a tenth of the topics!”
–“I just wanted to let you know that I LOVED your writing piece in Good Housekeeping. The love you and your Dad shared reminded me of my relationship with my Dad. We are lucky women, aren’t we? It was very touching. You are a great writer! I just discovered your blog after reading your article and will start following. Keep up the great work!”
And, look at this!!! Another piece of excitement I JUST discovered when I logged on to So About What I Said this morning…
Whaaat? Can you believe it? Almost nine years later and 5,700 posts — I guess this whole blogging thing is going to stick, huh?
Anyway, hope you all are having a marvelous Tuesday! I’ve got some fun posts planned for the rest of the week, so STAY TUNED… xoxo
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Ruth says
Dear Melissa,
I’m glad to see you doing so well with your writing. So many essays published in the past weeks – that’s fantastic! I’ve been reading your blog for some years now (every since you were featured on Jes Baker’s “The militant baker”) and I’m always looking forward to checking in and seeing if there’s a new post. You’re writing from your very own perspective, of course, but you cover so many topics everyone can relate to. Reading your reflections on depression, for example, has really lifted me up when I was feeling particularly low. I do enjoy the less “heavy” pieces as well, though ;) You just have such a fun and relatable style and I’m happy to have found my way here.
Have a sunny day and many greetings from Germany
R.
MelissaBlake says
Hi Ruth!!!! Thank you so much…hope you’re doing well. xoxo
Laura says
Hi Melissa,
Congrats on the Good Housekeeping PRINT piece! How exciting!
I love your blog, it feels like such a peaceful place to visit in the vast chaos of the internet lately. Thank you for asking what we’ve been up to. Lately I’ve been working on decorating my house and it’s really starting to come together! Also if you have a second please check out my website where I post my best work projects. Have a great day :)