Where do I begin to tell you how thrilled I am?  It feels like I'm floating on big, beautiful, soft, fluffy cloud!
 

Last week, one of my dearest and closests friends, Jolene, creator of Graceful Agony, awarded me with the "One Lovely Blog Award"!  Thank you Jojo, you made me smile and feel so good inside! For those of you who might not already know, Jolene and I go way back...old school baby!  Jolene was the very first friend I made when I moved to this city almost 11 years ago.  Needless to say, we have been through quite the journey together.

That alone had made my day!

You can imagine my surprise when I found out I had been awarded the "One Lovely Blog Award" AGAIN!  The second nomination, came from one of our readers here at Chronic Connection, whom I had not yet even had the pleasure of meeting.  SR is the creator of How Can I Explain It To You?  The Life of a Grad Student with Lupus.  I truly feel honored!  Thank you so much SR for nominating me, and for giving me the gift of being able to follow your journey and get to know you.
 

The joy I am experiencing, thanks to you two ladies, could not have come at a better time, as my spirit has really been needing a over the past little while :)  Thanks for putting a smile on my face and warming my heart!

As acceptance of this award, the following criteria should be met:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.

3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Before I go any further, I want to say that I enjoy all the blogs I read, and appreciate the beautiful people who keep them alive!  I have had the opportunity to meet so many awesome people, which is what makes it SO hard to choose only 15 recipients.
 

In no particular order, the recipients I have chosen to receive the "One Lovely Blog Award" are:

1) Tight-Rope Dancer @ HAVING A LIFE - Sex, Relationships and a Chronic Illness 

2) Dot & Fibro Mom @ Fibro World

3) Jamee @ A New Kind of Normal: Living an Abundant Life with Chronic Illness

 

4) Rachel @ Just Ordinary

 

5) Maureen @ Mo is blogging...I think

 

6) Annie @ Modeknit

 

7) Laura @ The POTS ran away with my Spoons

 

8) Shira @ Shira's Fibro Fun

9) Karen @ 'Sofa and the City...'
 

10) Creator @ My Foggy Brain

 

11) Tired Guy @ Feeling Better Yet?  ~ I hope you don't mind being nominated for "One Lovely Blog Award" ;)  Of course, it is intended to be a compliment :)

 

12) Sherlock @ Sherlock's Stuff

 

13) Amy @ Una Vita Bella

 

14) April @ On The Bright Side

15) Laurel @ Dreams at Stake

 
 

 Congratulations to you all! I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

 

~ Gentle Hugs