Monday, April 19, 2010

Could You Spare a Sec?

A week ago I sat down to write out my mother's story.  I called her to verify a few details, and wrote, deleted, wrote, deleted some more, and finished the post.  With the same fluttering heart I have felt from day one of this blog adventure, I pressed "publish" and sent out her story for all of you to read.  I then submitted it to the writing contest.

I was checking the results of that contest today and found out that my post was picked as one of the 6 finalists.

Wow.

I quickly e-mailed my husband to share the good news.  After that, I thought through how I could share with all of you.  The deal is, you get to vote which post should win.  It is a hard choice, too!  All the submissions were wonderful!

In the end, this is what I came up with.  Me, my words, and a request.

In your spare time (what is that again?), would you click on over here and vote for me? That is, if you think it's the best post.  There is a poll over on the side bar--mine is the first entry (Little Miracles).  You have until Friday to cast your vote!

That is all.

How do you end a post like this?  Shall I tell you that I'm hyperventilating over asking you?  Well, I am.  I think I'll just hit publish before I chicken out...

15 comments:

  1. I saw that! Congrats! Hope you win.

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  2. Wow, congratulations!! Heading over there now ...

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  3. Amber, you sweet thing, congrats! That is very exciting! I'll be checking it out, for sure.

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  4. Sounds great, Amber. I'm off to check it out...

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  5. That's awesome! Went over and happily casted my vote for you :)

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  6. Totally voted for you!! Here's hoping you win. I'm gonna go back tomorrow and vote again.

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  7. I went. I voted. :) Good luck!

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  8. It's a beautiful entry. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

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  9. That is very cool. Congratulations!

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  10. Thanks, everyone! This was kind of hard to put out there and I appreciate all of your support!

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  11. Is it wrong that I tried to vote twice? (They didn't let me, BTW.) :)

    Congrats and good luck!

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  12. Congratulations! I just voted for you.

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  13. Awesome! Off to stuff the ballot box. :)

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  14. I voted for ya. You are an excellent writer. I hope you win!

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