Once again, I am celebrating a milestone. There are 5000 total reads on all my stories. This is a fantastic milestone because I never dreamed anyone would read my stories. This will be a thankful piece because I could never have accomplished this without you, my readers.
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People I've met through Vocal who deserve my thanks and why.
- I would like to thank Dharrsheena for reading all 525 of my stories.
- I would like to thank Grz Colm for always leaving positive comments.
- I would like to thank Mike Singleton-Mikeydred for always reading and showing support.
- I would like to thank Rene Peters for always supporting me and loving my stories. Your friendship means the world to me.
- Thanks to Real Poetic for being one of my first friends on Vocal and always challenging me
- Thank you to Rick Henry Christopher for your friendship and being you
- Thank you to River Joy for your friendship and your kindness
- Thank you to Oneg in the Artic for your friendship and your kindness
- Thank you to Jim Delaney for your friendship
- Thank you to D.D. Lee for your friendship.
- Thank you, Hannah Moore, for your friendship and always caring.
- Thank you, Dana Crandall, for always commenting and being a friend
- Thank you, Gerald Holmes, for always reading and commenting.
- Thank you, Denise E. Lindquist for teaching me new forms of poetry.
- Thank you, Mark Gagnon, for always reading and commenting.
- Thanks to Mariann Carroll for being a loyal subscriber and reading my writings.
- Thanks to Novel Allen for reading my works and always commenting.
- Kendall Defoe for always reading my stories and leaving the coolest comments.
And so many more could be named here.
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Things I’d like to thank Vocal for:
- Challenges
- Top Stories
- Leaderboard Awards
- This platform
- The resource section
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Things I’m thankful for in life:
- My family
- My family’s health
- My daughters are both still alive.
- Thirty years with my husband.
- My dogs, cats, and chickens, especially the chickens
- My health
- My friends
- Food, especially good food
- Dr. Peppers
- Water
- my houseplants
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If
You look
Around you
You will see that
You have plenty to
Be thankful for if you
Just take the time to see every
Thing for what it truly is. Then
You can be truly blessed by all these
Blessings surrounding. Thankfulness. Blessed.
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Some stories and poems to get you in a Thankful / Blessed mood
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I'm Blessed by HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)
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Blessings by Mike Singleton - Mikeydred
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A Blessing in the Season of Winter by Jordan Zuniga
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The above is the original image I edited to create the desired image I wanted.
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Comments (20)
SO happy for you to reach this milestone! I'm glad you got to find the community and the folks showing you the warmth and welcome you deserve. Cheers!
Well done, what an amazing milestone! Your gratitude is humbling and gives great perspective. A good reminder for me that I needed today, so thank you! :-D xx
Wooohooooo congratulations on hitting 5k reads! That's hugeeeee! Also, have I really read that many stories of yours? I mean I remember binge reading your pieces when I knewly subscribed to you but I didn't think it would have been that many! Wow! Your pieces are so good, I just couldn't stay away!
This is really beautiful Sharon!!! Congratulations on reaching 5,000 reads!!!
Holy moly. That's a lot of reads! I'm so proud of you. I hope I can be vocal-grown like that. :) I guess I should start writing. I've been slacking for a few days.
This is so lovely. Congrats on the milestone. 👏
Congratulations on this milestone, thank you for the name check and I can see this being a Top Story
So sweet! Congratulations!
What a wonderful way to mark the milestone.
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Fabulous celebrations story!!! Congratulations too!!!❤️❤️💕
Hey M Combs, congrats on reaching 5k reads! Well done! Thanks for thinking of me too! I love the quote in that meme! About lighting a spark! Very relatable and definitely feel that for you fine people on here. 😊 I also enjoyed your little poem towards the end about gratefulness! Have a great day! 😊 🎉 🎉
Congratulations on reaching the 5K mark! Instead of being 4K, you're on 5K.
. Hats off to your work! Keep it going—congrats!
Congratulations and thanks for the mention. Your word is always a joy to read and your consistency is unmatched! 🩵👏🏼
Congrats on 5k! 💜💜💜
Beautiful poem! Congratulations!!!
A heartfelt congratulations on your reads and all your accomplishments! The one thing about milestones is they clear the way for new achievements.👏👍
Hey, no mention of me? No problem. You have reached a very important milestone. And I love the wise ministrations of Doctor Pepper! ;)
What a happy post to end my day with :). Congratulations on reaching that amazing number!