Thank you very much to whomever was kind enough to nominate me as Smartest Catholic Blog. It’s nice, for a change, to be recognized for my brain-power and not my good looks!
I feel like I did when I ran the Army Ten Miler: confident I could go the distance, but equally confident that I would finish at the end of the pack. It’s not that I don’t think I’m smart; it’s just that superlative ending…smartest? There are lots of other blogs out there – about 80 nominated for the same category as I – who are really smart all the time. Gosh, half of them have Latin blog names, a sure sign of higher intelligence! My brilliance shines forth about as often as my kitchen sink sparkles: at least once a week, but frequently no more than that, and, as proof that I’m not particularly intelligent all the time, I picked the same name as the most widely used online language program. Doh!
You have to register to vote, and can only vote once, but there are plenty of excellent blogs nominated for all the various categories. Again, I thank you, whoever you are, for your kindness. It is truly a humbling experience. And the pressure – oh, the pressure to write about something a bit more meaningful than the weather or my kids’ reading lessons!
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It’s doing what you do everyday and so well that brings us back, Michelle. Well-deserved kudos to you! 🙂
I recently discovered your blog site and I am glad that I did. (I saw a comment you made on the Sister Mary Martha site and found my way here.) For many years I was a lapsed Catholic. I also never received much in the way of a Catholic education. (My fault entirely.) Anyway, I have now come back to the Church and I am studying our faith with a passion. I guess what I am trying to say is thanks for creating this blog. Thanks for helping to inspire me in some small way. Oh yeah … Congratulations on the nomination. Please keep writing! God bless!
Sarah, thanks!Jim, I’m glad you found your way home. I never left, but was stumbling around in the dark anyway for years. I’m always glad if I can help point out the path, turn on the light. For the glory of God!
Congratulations, Michelle, and thanks for let me know about my own nomination. For the record, I think people with Latin blog names are just being uppity, not smart. I never click on them. 😉
Congratulations! You deserve this compliment!
Congratulations.
That’s a perfect nomination for you, Michelle. Congratulations!
I love reading about your homeschooling, military oriented, but most of all godly Catholic life! Congrats!