Thank you! | But I Smile Anyway...

Shukariya, Muchas Gracias, Merci, Dhanyavaad, Danke, Thank You!

I just wanted to slip this little post it to say a heart felt thank you to all of you, my dear followers, readers and friends. Some of you have been following me faithful since my blog’s birth a few short months ago, some just a few days, and I have received such love during that time from you all!

I feel awful that due to personal commitments, I cannot physically follow you all, and read everything that you write, but I try and check things out as regularly as I can. If I am not following you, I apologise, it is not because I don’t want to, it is because teaching has taken over my life!!! Over the summer holidays, I hope to be able to check out some of my newer followers blog’s, and get some great new blogs to follow too!

In the meantime… A small favour to ask you all, my dear Peeps, if you would like to, please share a link to a recent post that I may not have seen because of time, or because I haven’t got around to following you yet, and I would love to read them! Who knows then, some of my other followers can check your blogs out too, and you may get a whole host of new followers as a result!

And remember Peeps, Smile, it makes folks wonder what you’ve been up to!

Thunderbolts And Lightning!!!

Woah there! A new one on my shelf!!!

Well, first off, I have to give HUGE thanks to the gorgeously cute Rob, of The V-Pub blog, for this generous nomination!

The Rules:

Post it on your blog.

Grant other bloggers the award.

What you cannot do:

Abuse or misuse the logo.

Claim that it is your own handmade logo.

What you should do after receiving the Encouraging Thunder Award:

Enjoy the award!

At least give thanks via comments, likes and/or mentioning the blog that you received the award from.

Mention your purpose in blogging .
Who to pass Thunder onto…….?

I truly love certain blogs and there are a few which stick out in my mind, as they have been there since my humble beginnings, through to my humble-still, now!

Cats At The Bar
The Happy Lifeaholic
10 Years A Single Mom
HaRsH ReAlItY
Chris, The Story Reading Ape

My Purpose In Blogging
What is my purpose in blogging?
Well, I love words, for a start. Reading them, writing them, and learning about them. It was an ambition for me to write a book … Any book. I started a novel, I’ve written some poetry based children’s stories… But it hasn’t gone any further, and in my life, there was not much place for my literary dreams to go anywhere.
Then I discovered blogging, quite by accident!
A friend started a blog to air some issues in her past, and clear her mind, and in order for me to comment, it tempted me to sign in, or sign up…. And so I did!
All of a sudden this blog was born. What I wanted it for I had no idea!
Slowly, I wrote different things, from my life, to creative, to opinions, humour, and not forgetting Sonu Singh!
The encouragement I received over the last 6 months, from the blogs above, and so many others, made my pen (read fingers!) flow, and so But I Smile Any way was born.
My blog has allowed me to reminisce, make you laugh, think, go ‘Awww!’ and given me the opportunity to meet and build relationships with fellow blog-pals around the world!
I thank you all for giving me the inspiration to continue to write, and maybe that lifelong dream of mine, to be published… Might even come true too!