I wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who voted for me in the Vivi Awards. What a suprise to log on this morning and be met with messages of congratulation. As I have been unable to access many journals, I was not aware that the award ceremony had been cancelled and the winners already announced.
To find I have won Best International journal is wonderful and has given me such a boost, you do not know how much. There is much about me that you do not know, much about my past life that I have chosen not to write about on my journal. Let me just say that early on in my life I was told, apart from other things that happened to me, that I would never amount to anything. I was scarred at a young age. I have lived with it all my life. When things have gone badly wrong for me, this has always come back to haunt me.
I have always felt a failure. Yes, me. I know many of you think of me as a happy-go-lucky person, always positive. Good old Jeannette. Well, I have learned to be a good actress over the years. Deep inside I have never felt that I amounted to anything. Many times I have struggled to keep my journal going, wracking my brains to come up with ideas. Because I am not able to go out and about like other people, because I rarely see anyone except my beloved Mike, Becky, Dean and my two wonderful Grandsons, I am restricted to what I can write about. There are days when I am very depressed, days when I am in a lot of pain, days when I feel that life is not worth living - my journal has kept me going on many an occasion.
Today, I feel proud. Proud that my journal has achieved something. That my efforts to entertain, amuse and share have touched you in some way. It means more because I have won this award through the votes of other journallers, many of you who write wonderful journals yourself.
I will admit that tears have sprung to my eyes this morning because at last I have achieved something, at long last I can feel a little proud of myself.
To Jackie and Chris and all involved in the awards I would like to say a very big thank-you. I am sorry for them that the award ceremony could not go ahead as planned. I would like to congratulate all the other winners and all those who were nominated.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much for voting for me, for telling me by voting that you enjoy my journal and that all the work I have put into it since July of 2004 has been worthwhile. You have made me so very happy. God bless you.
55 comments:
Congratulations again Jeannette! I was as surprised as you are when people were leaving me comments ofering congratulations, I thought I'd overslept by a day! Lol! Anyway, I'm glad you finally got the award for your journal! Jeannette xx
Congratulations on your win Jeannette! You did derserve to win. You have a wonderful journal and I enjoy reading it very much. I also think you are a wonderful person. Hugs and Love, Helen
Hi
I haven't written to you before but I have been reading your journals for a few months now, they are brilliant- Congratulations!!!
Joy
congrats to you on your award . yes I understand feeling that you are not worthy. that was me most my life. J land has been a secure haven for me. a safe place that has come among the most valuable friends I know of. My J land friends know me better than anyone in my life
Congratulations! I am SO proud of you! Jeanette, you certainly deserve to win. You journal is absolutely fabulous and everyone can see that you work very hard to make it so. Rock on!
Love,
Susie
Congratulations, Jeannette. Well done, well deserved :-)
Guido
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Congratulations, Jeannette! Your deserve all the best! Thank YOU for all the joy you give us with your Jottings! Your are a warm and shining ray of sunshine! All the best. Antonella
Congratulations from one of your readers. I look forward to your entries even though I don't always comment and I am so pleased that you won an award. It is richly deserved. Eileenx
I for one enjoy your journal on a regular basis and other journals that have been honored as well. Do keep on. I enjoy love coming to England via the journals, visiting a number of you. I have so enjoyed Bowl of Cherries, too. I have always wanted to go to England, because I am a very literary person and have immersed my self for years in the many works of English authors. This is a wonderful way to do it, via the journalists. Thanks! Gerry
Congrats and hugs to you ! You do such a wonderful job with your journal. Sharing your country, family and joys and sorrows with us all. A friend to us all ! 'On Ya' - ma
Congratulations on a well deserved award. The thought and content let alone the hours worked on it make your journal so interesting. Your words really do paint a picture and we all feel honoured that you allow us to know a little bit of your life. Love Pat x
Congrats jeannette :o) I think a lot of us are going actors/actresses when everything boils down to the crunch...I really enjoy reading about your grandsons etc...Hope one day i can be as good and caring a grandma as you are, cept not for a while yet LOL...I know there's a lot i could put in my own journal that i don't because well i don't want to seem like am moaning all the time...My boys have given me an inner strength i never thought i would have but i still crack up a lot that no-one knows about cept my best friend {{{{{hugs}}}}} to you and display your award graphic with pride :o) Caff xxxxx
congratulations, well done. i so love reading your journal. it is so full of heart warming entries about your life. ((((hugs))))))))
Cindy
Congratulations, this is well deserved. Your writing is always interesting weather you are writing about your family or a story about England. You have a wonderful flow to your stories. Keep up the good work.
I check into your journal at least once a day to see what interesting story you have to tell.
Joni
((((((((((((((((((((JEANNETTE)))))))))))))))))))))))))))CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am proud of you for winning.It must be hard for you att imes to want to say what your really thinking,thats why I have a private journal.HAve a nice day.
Congratulations my friend! Well deserved!!!!
Hugs, Sugar
Firstly, let me start by congratulating you on the award. I'm not quite sure what the "ViVi" awards are about but it sounds exciting and well-deserved from everything I have seen so far. Love the picture today, and I know someone else that will love it even more...my sis. So, I hope you don't mind but I sent her a link to your journal. I think you are a very courageous lady to be able to share what you did today. Never hang your head and feel you are worthless, because I can tell you are worth it and so much more. I look forward to your postings each day and they have helped me. God Bless!
p.s. How do you get your pictures to sparkle? I have been sent tags by Sugar and have never been able to figure it out! LOL
Your journal deserves the awards!! It's a great journal and I love it!!
Missie
Congratulations on your much deserved success Jeannette! You helped me along with Val to get my journals started. I know how many other's you have helped to get started by having readers' come to comment in them giving them encouragement. You are a talented and gifted writer that expresses herself with great depth and eloquence. I know how much the award means to you as you deserve it. Congratulations to all the other winners and to everyone that makes an effort to communicate about and share their lives in words in photos. mark
Congratulations on winning your award. I know the hard work, the thought and often the research that you have put into it. I know only too well the hours you have spent helping others start journals and generally being supportive. I know how much your journal means to you. I know how much this award means to you. I am so proud of you darling. Love you always xxxxx - Him Indoors.
You deserve it Jeannette!!! I love your journal! I especially love when you do a video of something in your area and give a bit of a history lesson. You could be a teacher!
You write beautifully and I always enjoy reading of your family and life. You are a wonderful woman and your entry (and the comment from Him Indoors) brought tears to my eyes.
Beautiful graphic, too!
Pam
Well done on winning Best International Award. It is very much deserved!
Love and hugs,
Leigh :-)
I am not in the slightest bit surprised at your achievement,congratulations you certainly deserve it ...I love to read your diary and you truly do have a gift with words,keep it going!!!well done jeannette xxx love dee x
Congrats, I am so happy for you...enjoy your VIVI, it's much deserved :)
~Debbie
This is a very well deserved award ,not only are you the best ,(dont argue with me !Im older than you !) You have been the inspiration to so many of us ,how many times have you entered saying 'we have a new journaller '?...you certainly encouraged me to start a journal ,became my mentor ,and patiently dealt with all my silly questions .Congratulations I am so happy for you .love Jan xxxxxxxxxxxx
Well done Jeannette a well deserved award ~ for a lovely journal ~ Ally
Congrats! you deserve the award. You had my vote.
Celebrate!!!
God Bless,
Liz
Many, many congratulations on winning the Best International Journal award, it is well deserved. Keep up the good work and enjoy your success. Love BDN&D XX
Congratulations to one of my favorite people...well deserved and a joy to read...your journal rocks!
Hugs and love,
Joyce
Hi Jeannette, I`m over the moon for you my very dear friend, this award is so richly deserved. Your journal has always been one of the very best and now you have an award to prove it. I`m so pleased that it has made you so happy. Many, many congratulations and long may your delightful journal continue! :o)
Love Sandra xxxxx
BEST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL!! That is really somethig Jeannette!!Congratulations and very well deserved too.I felt a little upset reading this entry .you are so not a failure and I admire you even more for not mentioning the pain and illness in your entries. . .you never moan and always count your blessings instead.Your journal was one of the first I read and you inspired me to write one too and the help you gave me was much appreciated as I know that you helped so many others too.Thank you Jeannette. .I am clapping and giving you a standing ovation. . LOL.
Congratulatiions Jeannette, you certainly derserve the award, finding your journal has opened up a whole new world for me, I didn't realise what really lovely people are out there. I read several journals every day now although I don't very often comment, anyway please keep the stories and videos, love the ones of the boys, coming they are so interesting and entaining, thank you again Mags x
Hi Jeannette. Congratulations and well done, you really deserve this award. I have thoroughly enjoyed your entries and every time I see your name on the alert I know I am going to have a good read. Hugs. Terry x
Congratulations Jeannette, well done on your award, you deserve it, not only for the work you do with your journal but also for all the help and advice that you have given to ME over the past few months,
VERY WELL DONE MY FRIEND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
take care
Love n Hugs Lynne xx
You deserve the award, your journal makes for a good read. I understand where you are coming from when you say you are scarred. but you can now say " I did it....I won it...and for all the right reasons"! ....because paople believe in what you write.
take care
love bella xx
Jeannette..........I am glad you won that honor you and your journal deserve it. I was one of the people who voted for you. Your entries are always wonderful. I enjoy your journal more than you will ever know. I am very happy that your journal won an honor. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was one of the people who voted for you. Take care Jeannette !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations Jeanette! A job well done! :):) hugs, natalie
Your award is well deserved! Congratulations, Jeannette! You are a wonderful writer and a very dear person.
Hugs, Kathy
Well done xxx
well done jeanette on your blog winning
Here's another congrats to add to your stack. Congratulations on this honor, it is well deserved.
Greg
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Yes, Jeannette, congratulations to you on your VIVI award... it is well deserved. It feels good to be recognized. The experience of being drawn into this event this year has been filled with surprises... not the least of which has been meeting all you wonderful people and writers out here! Bea
Jeannette, a huge congratulations to you! You are so more than deserving of it. Your journal is an absolute joy to visit and read. I can understand some of the pain you feel as I have lived my life battling chronic depression. I call it hell on earth. I think it's wonderful that AOL has provided this outlet for us to enter and escape the real world. Even though we don't know all about you or your struggles, know that you will have many, many prayers sent your way. Love to you...Chris xx
Congratulations Jeannette, I am so happy for you.
Dorn
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU DESERVE THE HONOR!
LOVE YA,
CARLENE
Just wanted to say congratulation on your Vivi award!
xoxo, Heather
Congratulations and Celebrations !!!!!!!! How wonderful Jeanette a much deserved award for you. I told you your Journal is brilliant and I am so glad so many others agree with me. Your life is more interesting than you realise dear friend and you have such a big heart. Your pain comes through on your pages along with your Joy and love and happiness. THANK YOU FROM ONE GRATEFUL READER. I always look forward to your alert and have to confess yours is the only journal I read on a regular basis but still consider myself a good judge of character to know I have picked the right one LOL. Have a lovely day and take care friend I have gastro enteritis and a chest infection at the moment so have not been aswering much mail myself but will as soon as I can pick myself up from all things that happening to me at the moment. Love and Godsblessings to you Jennie xxxxxxxxx
Well done Jeannette, you truly deserve it, your blogs are so interesting. Can I just say that the blue graphic is just about the most beautiful one I have ever seen! :-D
Freda
Congratulations Jeannette, very well deserved! xxxx
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Jeannette, I am so happy that you won. It was a long time coming. You deserved award status a longgggg time ago. You are so very special. My dear, you have made so many people feel at home here in J-Land. That alone makes you a very special lady. This would be a very cold world indeed if you weren't among those that share their lives here in blog land. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
THE HONOR IS CERTAINLY WELL DESERVED. Pennie
Belated congratulations, Jeanette.
Yours was the first blog I ever read and is still my favourite, although through your recommendation I now enjoy visits to several others. Long may your keyboard thrive. God Bless and well done !!
God Bless you too Jeannette, my friend, and many congratulations. You so deserve it, you are a wonderful person, and friend.
Much love, Debbie ~xxx~
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You may be at home all the time but I find that you talk about so many things. You are involved in the w"outside"world thru your family. You have so many things to talk about and do so. Yes I agre sometimes it is a struggle to keep writing. I have to keep doing it for myself. You deserve this award. You share so much of yourself, all of it from your heart. That is why you won.
Oh my dear you do deserve this very much. You have been most kind to so many people especially the newbies who need a lift themselves, you've opened the door for many of them to other journalers. Please never think less of yourself, the people ( no matter who they were) who demeaned you in a negative way were very wrong to do so. You have shown myself and others such a remarkable skill in writing, especially the history stories that you do...I believe if you had been properly backed during your younger days you should of been a writer. I truly understand your pain, having been told myself the same things, including that a little black cloud would follow me wherever I went. Well, the world turns and the days change I feel loved, love my family, everyones healthy - thats all that matters. Congrats on the award again...Sandi
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