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Somebody get out the tissues *sniff*

You know... I just need to share for a moment.

The thing about blogs is they're extremely public and personal all at the same time (a dichotomy that's still finding its footing in the world if you ask me). And of course when I started up these stupid blogs I got the initial, "Oh it's nice," pat on the head. But time starts to take its toll and you always end up offending multiple someones, your co-workers find out about the darned things, your ex's leave crazy, demeaning comments, and the next thing you know your family thinks you're going to get abducted in to a sex ring. Sure there are crazies out there, but my god sometimes the most wonderful things can happen too... and in my world, those wonderful things completely wipe out any trace of the ick.

For instance.

I just received *the* most wonderful email from someone who stumbled across my stupid little photos on Flickr. Seriously, I almost started crying because of what he wrote. Have I ever told you what a huge sappy pants I am? Cuz yeah, I totally am. Anyway... this guy moved to the Caribbean to support his wife as she finishes out school and found my photos as he looked around for pictures of "home" today. And then he took the time to write an email in which he actually used the words "thank you", and "they gave me a warm feeling of home", and "you're a princess". Alright alright alright... he didn't call me a princess but he said so many nice things I almost busted out in tears.

So yeah, I'm just having one of those good blog days where I've received 3 random emails from people telling me how much happier they were for looking at a couple of stupid photos. THAT is one of the coolest things about the internet. Really.