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So something super awesome happened to me today. Something super awesome that involved DAN FEUERRIEGEL!!!!!
Okay I am getting ahead of myself. Lets start from the beginning.
So I have a blog over on tumblr, called A Graphite Jungle. It started out as an attempt to journal that quickly slide downhill into a mess of fangirling and feminist rants, with a sprinkling of writing or personal thoughts on occasion. Today happened to be one.
You see, I was born with a congenital heart defect. It's not a big deal, I had it fixed when I was too little to remember. It's never negatively effected my life, it's just something I had to be aware of. Really, I most of the time forget about it, unless someone notices my scar. Anywho, I was actually talking to a friend about it today, because she has a little nephew who was diagnosed with something similar and she was worried about him. She came to me for some peace of mind.
And it really got me thinking. A lot of kids with heart problems don't have a role model that is going through what they did. Parents of these kids don't have a lot of people to look to either, to know their babies are gonna grow up safe and sound. You see, when you have a hear problem, people can tend to feel like you're delicate or fragile, even if the doctors say you'll be fine. They don't want to play football or soccer or tag with you. They are concerned for your wellbeing, and that's nice of them, but that can be hard for a kid who just wants to go out and run and play. I went through that as a kid, a lot of us do. But my parents were always very ardent that my heart problem wasn't going to hold me back from anything that I wanted.
Then I remembered Dan, and how he has a pacemaker and how he deals with his heart problems in his everyday life. And I thought "There's a role model!" So I did this little tumblr post, talking about how cool I thought he was, and how good a role model he was for kids who were grown up in similar situations. No big, just a personal blurb I thought maybe a few people would read, but it was mostly for me. I went about my merry way, worked on my project, and just generally thought about how ready I am to graduate.
So I am getting ready for bed and I think, "Hey, I'll check tumblr before hit the hay."
I am surprised to find my inbox has exploded. This is weird for me. usually all I get are trolls and random notes from my real life friends. The first note reads something like this....
"ASDFGHJKL DAN POSTED ABOUT YOUR TUMBLR ON FACEBOOK"
That's right. Dan Feuerriegel posted my tumblr on Facebook....
And my whole world exploded.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Feuerriegel/114473131910776
HE SAID HE WAS HUMBLED AND HONORED BY SOMETHING I WROTE...
NEITHER OF THOSE WORDS CAN INCAPSULATE THE SHEER AMOUNT OF FEELINGS I AM HAVING RIGHT NOW.
and then he tweeted me
..directly...
Stick a fork in me. I am done.
Any who, apparently someone found my post and she said it moved her so much( which, not gonna lie, made me cry in and of it self), that she linked it to him. So yeah. My world is reeling. I'm not even sure this is reality anymore.
Okay I am getting ahead of myself. Lets start from the beginning.
So I have a blog over on tumblr, called A Graphite Jungle. It started out as an attempt to journal that quickly slide downhill into a mess of fangirling and feminist rants, with a sprinkling of writing or personal thoughts on occasion. Today happened to be one.
You see, I was born with a congenital heart defect. It's not a big deal, I had it fixed when I was too little to remember. It's never negatively effected my life, it's just something I had to be aware of. Really, I most of the time forget about it, unless someone notices my scar. Anywho, I was actually talking to a friend about it today, because she has a little nephew who was diagnosed with something similar and she was worried about him. She came to me for some peace of mind.
And it really got me thinking. A lot of kids with heart problems don't have a role model that is going through what they did. Parents of these kids don't have a lot of people to look to either, to know their babies are gonna grow up safe and sound. You see, when you have a hear problem, people can tend to feel like you're delicate or fragile, even if the doctors say you'll be fine. They don't want to play football or soccer or tag with you. They are concerned for your wellbeing, and that's nice of them, but that can be hard for a kid who just wants to go out and run and play. I went through that as a kid, a lot of us do. But my parents were always very ardent that my heart problem wasn't going to hold me back from anything that I wanted.
Then I remembered Dan, and how he has a pacemaker and how he deals with his heart problems in his everyday life. And I thought "There's a role model!" So I did this little tumblr post, talking about how cool I thought he was, and how good a role model he was for kids who were grown up in similar situations. No big, just a personal blurb I thought maybe a few people would read, but it was mostly for me. I went about my merry way, worked on my project, and just generally thought about how ready I am to graduate.
So I am getting ready for bed and I think, "Hey, I'll check tumblr before hit the hay."
I am surprised to find my inbox has exploded. This is weird for me. usually all I get are trolls and random notes from my real life friends. The first note reads something like this....
"ASDFGHJKL DAN POSTED ABOUT YOUR TUMBLR ON FACEBOOK"
That's right. Dan Feuerriegel posted my tumblr on Facebook....
And my whole world exploded.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Feuerriegel/114473131910776
HE SAID HE WAS HUMBLED AND HONORED BY SOMETHING I WROTE...
NEITHER OF THOSE WORDS CAN INCAPSULATE THE SHEER AMOUNT OF FEELINGS I AM HAVING RIGHT NOW.
and then he tweeted me
..directly...
Stick a fork in me. I am done.
Any who, apparently someone found my post and she said it moved her so much( which, not gonna lie, made me cry in and of it self), that she linked it to him. So yeah. My world is reeling. I'm not even sure this is reality anymore.