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It's Perfect Post Award time and this month marks a very special one for MommaK and me- It's our one year Perfect Post Awards anniversary! I've been stunned both by the numbers of you who've joined in on the awards (I have more than one hundred of you on my Perfect Post mailing list and I'm sure MommaK has just as many on hers). I've also been moved to side splitting laughter and sobbing, ugly-faced tears by some of the posts that have been awarded by you guys. You have made this so much fun and I thank all of you who've awarded, been awarded, or taken a moment to comment on some of the posts featured each month. I know that your words mean a lot to the bloggers who poured out their hearts and bared their souls before a bunch of strangers.
This month, I'm giving my Perfect Post Award to a dad who just started a blog about his teenage son's drug addiction. His very first post changed my perspective in an important way- For years, my family has known a teenage girl who has gone in the last year-and-a-half from bright, witty, articulate adolescent to total, complete, drug addicted loser.
I'm ashamed to say I sort of judged her parents, who are friends of ours. "How could they just sit back and let this happen?" I would ask Hubs incredulously. "If one of the girls started using, I'd yank her out of school and homeschool her! She'd never see those druggie friends again! I'd put her in mandatory rehab! I'd ground her for life!"
Leo G. taught me in one post that, like so many things when it comes to raising teenagers, there is no easy solution when your child starts using drugs. For the first time, I saw it from the parents' perspective. For the first time, I hurt for them rather than blaming them for their daughter's continuing problems. For the first time, I imagined how painful it must be to watch in shock as your own adored and carefully raised child falls prey to drugs.
I wish I could help my friends, but it's not something that's ever brought up and I imagine they'd be horrified if I broached the topic. However, if you have any kind words or advice for Leo G, I hope you'll stop by and offer it. I think he could really use some support.
And I hope you'll check out some of the other awardees for this month. You're guaranteed to find some great reads in this list. Thanks for stopping by their sites- and if you'd like to participate in next month's Perfect Post Awards, send me an e-mail and I'll add you to the mailing list.
This month, I'm giving my Perfect Post Award to a dad who just started a blog about his teenage son's drug addiction. His very first post changed my perspective in an important way- For years, my family has known a teenage girl who has gone in the last year-and-a-half from bright, witty, articulate adolescent to total, complete, drug addicted loser.
I'm ashamed to say I sort of judged her parents, who are friends of ours. "How could they just sit back and let this happen?" I would ask Hubs incredulously. "If one of the girls started using, I'd yank her out of school and homeschool her! She'd never see those druggie friends again! I'd put her in mandatory rehab! I'd ground her for life!"
Leo G. taught me in one post that, like so many things when it comes to raising teenagers, there is no easy solution when your child starts using drugs. For the first time, I saw it from the parents' perspective. For the first time, I hurt for them rather than blaming them for their daughter's continuing problems. For the first time, I imagined how painful it must be to watch in shock as your own adored and carefully raised child falls prey to drugs.
I wish I could help my friends, but it's not something that's ever brought up and I imagine they'd be horrified if I broached the topic. However, if you have any kind words or advice for Leo G, I hope you'll stop by and offer it. I think he could really use some support.
And I hope you'll check out some of the other awardees for this month. You're guaranteed to find some great reads in this list. Thanks for stopping by their sites- and if you'd like to participate in next month's Perfect Post Awards, send me an e-mail and I'll add you to the mailing list.
Picture This awarded A Mom, A Blog and A Life In Between
Chicken and Cheese awarded Binkytown
Mama Tulip awarded Ruthless in the Suburbs
Her Bad Mother and Motherhood Uncensored awarded Mama Tulip
MommaK awarded me!
The Mummy Chronicles awarded Hollywood Flakes
Belle of the Blog awarded Championable/ Fatherhood, Parenting, Love and Politics
Sugar Mommy and Practigal awarded Hula Doula
Lady M awarded a garden of nna mmoy
Our Life Together and Rock the Cradle awarded Chicky, Chicky Baby
The Green Three awarded Organized Chaos
Shikow awarded Nolite Timere
Domestic Chicky awarded Chicky, Chicky Baby
Masked Mom awarded Ramblings of a New Mom
Simplicity awarded Processing the Process
Write About Here awarded The Kids are Alright
Shelli's Sentiments awarded A Life Less Ordinary
Miss Cellenia awarded Big Shot Bob in Texas
Serendipity Mine awarded Midwestern Mommy
Toddled Dredge awarded Frog And Toad Are Still Friends
Believing Soul awarded RiversGrace
Dharma's Universe awarded Erotiterrorist
The Dust Will Wait awarded Whippersnapper
RiversGrace awarded Jumping Into Nothing
Never That Easy awarded Heather Anne
Ladybug Crossing awarded I Wasn't Always Like This
Oh The Joys awarded Chicken and Cheese
Simply Sassy awarded Secret Agent Josephine
Mysterious Lady awarded Cariboo Ponderer
Stranded in the Mountainsawarded Blessed Beyond Measure
Beyond the Crossroads awarded Lost Here and Beyond
Owlhaven awarded One Thing
Old Horsetail Snake awarded Enter The Laughter
Lifetime Learning awarded Homeschool Blogger
Toddler Planet awarded Chicken and Cheese
Bub and Pie awarded NotSoSage
My So-Called Supermom Life awarded It's Not All Mary Poppins
9 comments:
One of the best things about blogs is that they let us into the hearts and lives of other people. for a short while we get to see the world through their eyes and sometimes we are changed by it. Those are the times that make this so special.
I was only made aware you guys are out there by being told I was receiving an award this month. Discovering all of you tops the award. Many new bloggers I've never heard of, lots of good writing to go check out - what a way to start March. xoxo
I agree, Twisted...
Kind of takes us out of what we're used to and shows us stuff we might not have known about...or a view we might not have seen.
That was a great pick, Lindsay!
Leo G. - oh, my. I cannot imagine.
These posts are killing me!! I am crying like a baby over Hula Girl's blog and so many others. Thank you!
Please include me! I've got a perfect post I would Love to nominate! tsvobo1526@comcast.net
Happy anniversary, Perfect Posts!! Thanks Lindsay & MommaK for doing this every month! Y'all rock.
Nice post, Ms. Mom. And happy days ahead for you, who are special to all of us.
Here, here ladies. I'm tickled to be nominated among such fine writers.
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