I’ve been very fortunate in my blogging career to meet some fabulous fellow bloggers in person. Even more fortunate, most of them have become really wonderful friends. I love that they all come from different walks of life; they are mothers, artists, fashionistas, city gals, country gals, and everything in between. What I love most about these women is our differences. The things that bind us are incredible, but the things that make them most unique and the things that are different from my own life makes them so interesting.
About a month ago, I had the opportunity to meet another blogger. Jenna of That Wife fame was on the East coast to photograph a wedding, and was sweet enough to come to my neck of the woods. I consider her to be one of the blogging Big Guys, so I was always kind of impressed she enjoyed emailing back and forth with me. When she mentioned she was going to be close by and asked if we could meet, I knew we had to make it happen.
Jenna was everything like I thought she would be. Bubbly, friendly, and SO excited to get her hands on Owen. She scooped him up in the biggest bear hug I had ever seen and covered him with kisses. “I love him!” she exclaimed, and I couldn’t help but share he enthusiasm. Sadly, she didn’t have her son — affectionately know in the blog world as That 1 — with her, or I would have done exactly the same thing.
We come from different words, she and I. I’m generalizing here, but she’s a LDS farm girl with an eye for photography and the most beautiful skin I have ever seen in person. Seriously, it’s like an airbrushed makeup ad. We have different views on politics, religion, birth and who knows what else.
BUT.
We bonded anyway. Over our children. Over blogging. Over ice-cold fruit smoothies.
Over life.
I know I added another friend to my life the minute I met her. And I feel really fortunate about that.
There are times when I’m ready to stop blogging. When I think These Little Moments filled a special part of my life, but has run its course.
But then I come across the Jenna’s of the world and I think, maybe I’ll do this is a little bit longer.
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September 28, 2010 at 7:10 am
Aly
I’m so happy you guys got to meet. Jenna seems like an amazing woman (I’m fascinated with her blog posts, and really look forward to reading them) and of course, I adore your Little Moments – hence still reading all these years later! I’m glad you’ll stick around a little longer, if you so choose. x
September 28, 2010 at 10:07 am
Life of a Doctor's Wife
I have been reading That Wife (and her previous blogs) as long as I’ve been reading your blog. (The three of us all got engaged/married around the same time, I believe!) How cool that the two of you got to meet up! And I love your description of her… It’s neat to have the chance to “see” through someone else’s eyes a person you’ve only known through the blog world.
September 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Rachel R
love the story, because I always type in “th” into my web browser when I first get to work (the first hour of the work-day is meant to be for breakfast and blog-reading, right?) so that I can read both yours and Jenna’s blog! My political views tend much more toward your angle, but I too love reading people’s perspectives who are so different from my own. and please keep blogging! (in case you’re wondering, after the 2 “th” blogs, I go to Navigating the Mothership, then Dooce, NieNieDialogues, and then CNN. it’s a daily morning routine)
September 28, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Jenna
So fun to see the crossover we have! This post was so sweet, but I admit it made me laugh when you said you consider me a “big guy”. Remember when you asked me to write a post about being a newlywed the day you got married? Your referral had my hits soar to a number I had never seen before. I’m guessing that a few of my readers now ended up coming over from that post.
I wish you could post some of the pictures I took of you and TLB interacting with each other. Both of you are just darling!
September 28, 2010 at 5:01 pm
rc1001
I met her at her Dallas Meetup in August and she is just like you described!
September 30, 2010 at 1:44 am
Mrs T
That is so neat that you got to meet up in person. Most of my blog buddies live in the US – with me being in Australia it’s a bit far for meet ups. But it would be so fun.