Roberta - How beautifully put.  Yes, I too am grateful to my buddy Lynda Eisenmann.  An, grateful for lovely people like yourself that share openly and honestly about their work.  I feel fortunate to have met you and look forward to the next time we can spend some time chatting and laughing together.  Active Rain is such an incredible thing.  I am so grateful to Matt and Jonathan for the setting they have created for all of us to grow our businesses and our friendships.  It's nothing short of magic.

Marlene: Thank you, my friend! Del Mar will be a blast, for sure (and we'll have time to laugh and chat and maybe even bet on some horses).

Congratulations, Roberta! What a milestone to celebrate. You are an inspiration to all of us newbies to keep on bloggin'. ActiveRain is indeed a great place to be, whether you are reading or writing. There is so much to learn. I was thinking that I could get to 10,000 points by the 4th of July when I suddenly realized it is not about the points at all.

Greg: It's not about the points and it's a great substitute for television. The most important thing you may discover here is a voice you never knew you had.

Roberta - discovering your voice is important, and so is discovering other people's voices. In the last months on Active Rain I've come to enjoy listening to the voices of some now favorite people. Thanks for being one of my favorite voices.

Sharon: You are so right about discovering the other wonderful voices in this community! I've always enjoyed yours as well and look forward to finally meeting you and Tami next month.

Congratulations on 50k and getting bronzed, lol.   I am so very happy to have met you Roberta and am looking forward to getting to know you better in San Francisco. 

       Congratulations....I love the baby shoes..

Thanks for joining and participating. I love reading your posts.  Those bronze shoes are wonderful.

Roberta,

Thanks again for joining this club and I appreciate your story that applies! Congrats!

Roberta~

When you discovered your voice, you gave us all a gift. Thanks for the enduring quality of your posts and for sharing that empowering voice with us. Congrats on your BRONZING!

Laurie: Same here! Del Mar, too?

Kaye, Maureen, Neal and janeAnne: Thanks you!

Roberta, hard to believe that we have all been around and seem to be considered oldies, isn't it? Active Rain has been a help to us all and glad that each of us was invited to join when we did. Catherine Myers invited me and like you, I didn't know anything about blogging but everyone made us feel comfortable so that we could find our voices. Glad you are here.

Gena: It is good that we can compress time that way and become a "seasoned pro" in just ten months. Don't you find yourself panting at times? Never knew blogging could become such an absorption!

Roberta,

You have been a great addition to AR from the beginning. I like your title "Guilded and Bronzed", and I also enjoy your voice.

Yep, Del Mar too.

Tomato, it figures, lol.   

Roberta,