Feeling Grateful

[keri1006]

I just got back from the store, and while I was carrying the bags into the house my dog greeted me with her usual bouncing joy to see me again. Whether I've been gone an hour or a day she greets me like she hasn't seen me in a year. It made me happy, like she always does, and I said a little prayer that I never take that greeting for granted. That

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[keri1006]

Beautifully said, Dawn! It's fabulous how we can meet these people that we admire and then look at that--new friends.

I mention this to Flamingo from time to time and I'll say it here--I was a nervous wreck meeting her for the first time in 2001. I mean, it was FLAMINGO, and she wrote TEotH and was this huge star to me... fast forward a few years and she's drinking coffee in my kitchen.

Fandom = friends.

[dawnebeth]

In 2004, I was a wreck just to come to SHarecon. The baby I'd cared for had just died at the hospital, I only knew one fan in person who was coming and I felt so shy. Flamingo claims this did not happen, but I know it did--when we first met, she hugged me! Because I had written Bound to the Law. All my worries dropped away. ;-) I had found my tribe.

[keri1006]

That's so sweet! I can believe she hugged you for writing Bound, since it was so unique to our fandom.

You felt shy in 2004? I hope I was welcoming to you... that whole con is such a blur to me because it was the year I premiered six new zines, including Evolution 1 & 2, which was such a gigantic project. I know it was the con where I first met Molo. A lot of it is a blur!

[dawnebeth]

Yep, that was Molo's first con, too. I really don't remember who I met--I followed CC and a group out to dinner one night, and was so glad I did! I remember meeting Kimberly the very first night, a bunch of us sitting in the lobby talking.

[keri1006]

Lobby talks are so cool! And I'm sure CC took good care of you:)

That was a really busy, people-filled con, I do remember that much, LOL. I think it was the year we were over 100 members.