tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post7669819454155602238..comments2024-03-25T19:49:16.058-06:00Comments on Brenda @ It's A Beautiful Life: A Dozen Years Later And A Giveaway Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-81692081177560007142020-08-21T12:42:23.177-06:002020-08-21T12:42:23.177-06:00Brenda, you wrote so beautifully here of what blog...Brenda, you wrote so beautifully here of what blogging means to you and I'm sure you have echoed what so many of us feel about it. Life sometimes does get too busy to write often but there comes a day when you realize there's something missing and back you fly to your blog. I loved reading that you're working on two books! I have finished four in the past 15 years, only submitting the first one and never again after the first rejection. I have three more I'm working on and there are times I wonder why I take time away from writing on those to blog but the idea of ever publishing anything makes the magic of hitting that publish button on blogs irresistible. I think I need both and you probably do too so let's just do it!<br /><br />I'm very thankful to have met another Brenda (my first name is Brenda) who lives so far away but seems so close in spirit,<br />DewenaDewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-40286101166131816162020-08-20T21:53:18.770-06:002020-08-20T21:53:18.770-06:00Hi Brenda, thanks for your encouragement to be tha...Hi Brenda, thanks for your encouragement to be thankful. For many, griping is easier and reminders are helpful. Stay at peace! Elsie Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739927333538419518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-80928134106440105462020-08-20T19:06:39.175-06:002020-08-20T19:06:39.175-06:00You are so gifted, dear Brenda. Thank you for hel...You are so gifted, dear Brenda. Thank you for helping me see the beauty in God's miraculous creation.shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-18939448964079609232020-08-19T20:30:00.812-06:002020-08-19T20:30:00.812-06:00I enjoy reading your lovely blog. Happy anniversa...I enjoy reading your lovely blog. Happy anniversary!Donna G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06780528352071991523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-53594132927159728302020-08-19T14:45:22.023-06:002020-08-19T14:45:22.023-06:00I have been coming to your blog through Brenda'...I have been coming to your blog through Brenda's "Coffee, Tea, Books, and Me". I know that I will find like minded thoughts and that is reassuring in today's world. Happy Blog Anniversary! Bonnieeschmidt@aol.comBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00768716917839658140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-30429156928156347202020-08-19T11:29:59.955-06:002020-08-19T11:29:59.955-06:00Happy anniversary, Brenda!Happy anniversary, Brenda!Olivia Wrightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-63895951771774612142020-08-19T11:22:59.088-06:002020-08-19T11:22:59.088-06:00Happy anniversary! It takes dedication and work to...Happy anniversary! It takes dedication and work to write like this, and it shows!<br /><br />-Merry K.Merry Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-79316955772950186462020-08-18T20:42:49.922-06:002020-08-18T20:42:49.922-06:00I haven't been here since the beginning (I am ...I haven't been here since the beginning (I am not sure how or when I discovered you . . . perhaps one of Vee's Notecard linky parties?), but it has been quite a few years that we have been bloggy friends and time spent here at It's a Beautiful Life is treasured! Happy Blog-iversary! Cheryl https://www.blogger.com/profile/00063844335185525553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-14526545088878107752020-08-18T18:33:13.005-06:002020-08-18T18:33:13.005-06:00Brenda, 12 years! Wow! Congratulations on your blo...Brenda, 12 years! Wow! Congratulations on your blog anniversary. :) Your first blog post is as beautiful as this one. I can feel your love of beauty and your desire to pass it along. What are you writing about in your books?Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319901329438691914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-55264407637960631732020-08-18T08:21:39.830-06:002020-08-18T08:21:39.830-06:00Happy Anniversary and I hope you keep on blogging ...Happy Anniversary and I hope you keep on blogging to celebrate many more!Joyce Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17293337508638751474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-55624433214574270562020-08-18T08:19:16.735-06:002020-08-18T08:19:16.735-06:00Brenda, what a wonderful post. Congratulations on...Brenda, what a wonderful post. Congratulations on twelve years - such an accomplishment. I enjoyed reading your first post and knowing Alexandra Stoddard was part of your inspiration. Just as she was mine to begin my blog. She said something in one of her books that really stuck in my heart, "Goodness has a ripple effect." How true those words are.<br />Brenda, you are such an inspiration to me and I enjoy your blog so much, even if I am often late reading and commenting. Know how much I enjoy every post. Blessings, my friend. You are a gifted soul and the world needs you. Don't forget that.Sandra at Maison De Jardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032615112624122716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-72742178248964891442020-08-18T07:21:27.827-06:002020-08-18T07:21:27.827-06:00I'm like Jenny. I also pull out my quote book...I'm like Jenny. I also pull out my quote book when I read your blogs. You have a beautiful style of writing which reminds me of the old Victoria magazine. I also enjoy your side bar. Every once in a while I will play the Peter Rabbit theme song. So lovely. ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892268005478365663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-47006793821282534032020-08-18T07:11:27.148-06:002020-08-18T07:11:27.148-06:00Happy Blogaversary! I love reading your posts, and...Happy Blogaversary! I love reading your posts, and feel as if you are a kindred spirit.Deanna Rabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946588895797307347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-3532504254613819142020-08-18T04:39:58.592-06:002020-08-18T04:39:58.592-06:00Dear Brenda ~ I've been following you for awhi...Dear Brenda ~ I've been following you for awhile now and have been blessed many times by your thoughts put into words and your lovely photos. I just read your very first post and was once again blessed and inspired. I started my blog Sept. 2008. God has used you and your lovely blog to touch hearts and I thank Him for that. Congrats on this 12th anniversary of 'It's a Beautiful Life'. ~ FlowerLadyFlowerLady Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678852154334714784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-80908445940519773082020-08-17T17:49:03.430-06:002020-08-17T17:49:03.430-06:00Brenda your posts are such an uplift each time I v...Brenda your posts are such an uplift each time I visit you. Congratulations on twelve years of blogging. I am saying thank you for sharing your lovely words, photos and glimpses of your world. God bless. HugsDebbie Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168646638438558551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-43962385632312175192020-08-17T16:42:25.208-06:002020-08-17T16:42:25.208-06:00I pull out my quote book as soon as I open each ne...I pull out my quote book as soon as I open each new post. All of today's quotes will go into my collection. I often read through my quotes & send them out in the letters I write (I do still write a lot of snail mail letters). So a little piece of you goes with each quote you share!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305409125105992525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-20298487371182403062020-08-17T16:42:24.835-06:002020-08-17T16:42:24.835-06:00What a kind way to celebrate 12 years of blogging!...What a kind way to celebrate 12 years of blogging! Thanks and blessings.GrammaGritshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626901828348845721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-10182993463399945392020-08-17T16:41:57.797-06:002020-08-17T16:41:57.797-06:00Congratulations on your 12-year blogiversary, Bren...Congratulations on your 12-year blogiversary, Brenda! I started following your blog in 2015 when we were doing our card and tea exchange. I've always enjoyed your beautifully written and thoughtful posts.I truly believe that writing is your calling and I look forward to more years of reading your blog!<br /><br />Thank you for the opportunity to win your generous giveaway!Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12216292186501923706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-83790437963820201022020-08-17T15:58:51.160-06:002020-08-17T15:58:51.160-06:00Thanks, Brenda, for keeping up with your lovely wr...Thanks, Brenda, for keeping up with your lovely writing over so many years. I've not been as consistent as I'd like in reading all of your posts when you first post them (several absences over the years with health issues with my dh and my very elderly mother), but I know that when I stop in, I'll find beauty and kindness and thoughtful musings from a kindred soul. Congratulations and best wishes for more to come as time goes on :) Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354954081445553101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-22471767600654139452020-08-17T15:27:05.646-06:002020-08-17T15:27:05.646-06:00Your blog is a delight to come to. I would love to...Your blog is a delight to come to. I would love to be entered in that give away.Ruth Hieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260132564992492524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-84640489689713238832020-08-17T15:25:02.072-06:002020-08-17T15:25:02.072-06:00Brenda can it really be 12 years? And I think I ha...Brenda can it really be 12 years? And I think I have enjoyed almost all of your beautiful writings, and also had the privilege of meeting you. I always leave your posts with a gentle sigh of content.<br />Congratulations on 12 years.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-41251694467441435692020-08-17T14:23:34.841-06:002020-08-17T14:23:34.841-06:00Brenda, I have loved reading your blog these past ...Brenda, I have loved reading your blog these past 12 years. A visit here always beautifies my day! While I tend to pop in every few months, rather than every single post, I am nonetheless gratified by every single visit here. <br /><br />Here's to another dozen years of your beautiful writings!<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Patti Gardner (currently not blogging)Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948766889057998160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-37977626641489863892020-08-17T13:52:14.023-06:002020-08-17T13:52:14.023-06:00Congratulations Brenda on a new milestone! Please ...Congratulations Brenda on a new milestone! Please add my thanks and gratitude to the many others who have savoured and revelled in the enrichment your well spoken words have fed us. Many times you have brought in a new broom (to my mind) and swept out cobwebs and vagueness and after setting things aright your inspiration redecorated and topped it all off with a beautiful bouquet of heart flowers! Leila Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395378369290317053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-62307882938529214532020-08-17T13:46:51.369-06:002020-08-17T13:46:51.369-06:00I haven’t been here for all 12 years and I’m sorry...I haven’t been here for all 12 years and I’m sorry for my loss. So enjoying the visits in these last couple of years. Your posts brighten my days, thank you. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929945787972647603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-14552662059369550662020-08-17T13:16:31.430-06:002020-08-17T13:16:31.430-06:00You have been an amazing friend...Your posts have ...You have been an amazing friend...Your posts have brought me joy in the good times and helped me<br />to know everything would be ok in the not so good ones. That is the power of words....Thank you my dear friend for your steadfast love of words that you have shared with me.....It's Just Dottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com