| | If you have not yet in your life stumbled across Dorcas Smucker's writing you need to at least go here to read her blog. I can't remember for sure; but I think the first time I read her stuff was when my Grandma gave my mom a copy of Dorcas' first book as a gift. It wasn't just Mom who read that book. We girls all read it.
A few years went by and somewhere along the line I discovered her blog. I'm sure someone told me about it; because I rarely go around finding serious treasures unless I'm shopping. I'm just not much of a "surfer" so I rely on recommendations from other people who are good at that.
I love her writing style. It's real, honest life. But oh, the way she says it. Sometimes, like when she shared her grief over the tragic death of her nephew, I wanted to cry. Sometimes she makes me think. But most of the time, I want to laugh and laugh and laugh. She has intelligent, witty kids who are often the source of her quote of the day at the bottom.
In my family, she was somewhat of a superstar. I'll never forget the day my sister sent out a family email in a very large font saying, "THE Dorcas Smucker was on my xanga site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw her in my footprints!!!!!!!!!! Somehow I feel as though I have a link to fame."
I'm not much of a footprint checker but I'll admit I checked periodically after that, just hoping. And then one day for some unknown reason, Dorcas landed on my site and not only that, she LEFT A COMMENT. I was flabbergasted and took a turn tooting my horn.
When I ran into frustration a few weeks before my books were printed, I messaged Dorcas asking for her advice. I was honestly kind of expecting a pretty brief reply and sort of a "bug off, I get this all the time" feeling. I thought that's what famous people do. Instead, I found her to be extremely helpful and gracious and by now she feels like a cyber-friend. I really hope to meet her for real sometime. But since we live a thousand miles apart, I'll just keep reading what she writes and getting my belly laugh for the day.
Have fun reading. But be prepared if you're new there. You'll probably hit next page. Next page. Next page. Next page. |
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