Blogger Appreciation Post

Y'all. Before I go any further, I just have to get this off my chest.

I've been blogging for almost 12 years now, and I never knew putting my words out on the internet and literally not advertising my blog at all, ever, would lead to friends like these.

Family, framily and friends. PC: Random stranger with Leah's camera

Erika flew across an entire timezone to see me ride, videoed my virtual warmups, was Mary's right hand woman and just generally the sweetest friend all weekend.

Sorry this pic is so cute I can't not include it! PC: Leah

Leah drove two hours roundtrip two days in a row, took a PTO day, brought freaking champagne (lol) and took literally hundreds of pictures, including candid shots I didn't even know she got, of things like my grandma meeting my horse for the very first time.

PC: My mom with Leah's camera

Megan and Renate sat at their homes thousands of miles away and plugged the Second Level AA scores into Excel to run live averages as scores came in to see if I got a neck ribbon.

 

Mary, who is not a blogger but keeps asking me "Am I going to need to start a blog?!" the more of my blog friends she meets, took her supergroom duties to a wholeeeeeeeeeeeee new level this weekend, in addition to taking her first PTO day from her new job and driving separately from Indy to STL.

PC: Leah

Aimee, JenJ, Alli, T, Austen, and Karen were all texting back and forth with me and cheering me on from afar.

PC: Leah

 

And between all of that and all of the encouraging and congratulatory comments you all have left here on the blog, it just reminds me of how cool this community is that we've built together. How much putting our words out there and building each other up matters. And how grateful I am to be a part of it <3 You're all the best