I received an email last week that, quite frankly, touched me.
I've mentioned, over the past few weeks, that I write here because I want to. I just write about stuff that I do, stuff I'm interested in. Stuff.
Why? I don't really know. I have one main idea why (one that I'm not willing to share right now), but mostly, I guess I'm just writing and hoping somebody out there may have similar likes and dislikes and maybe, for the brief moment that someone stops by here, we make a brief little "connection" in our lives and we go on.
Some people comment here, some don't. That's fine. I don't get a lot of traffic. I know people stop by and read and move on. Really, I'm OK with that.
Then I get this email. I'm leaving it anonymous, and you know, I really should get permission from the person that sent this, but I want to share it with you. I hope they won't mind:
"I stumbled upon My Mundane Mid-Life shortly after stumbling upon my own unemployment from a marketing job last May.
For the past 8 months of searching for my next gig your blog helped to assure me that I wasn't the only one out there looking. I finally found a job and will start next Monday. Enduring my longest period of unemployment was made a little easier because of your blog so thanks and keep on blogging. I'll keep on reading."
I sort of wasn't ready for that. Not only is someone out there reading my stuff, but somehow in some way, I helped someone. I hadn't thought that my experience would actually help anyone out there. It was my experience and I just wrote about it.
This person can be anyone, from anywhere, (and, to me, really is anonymous in the sense that I may have the person's email address - but I don't know them). I'm touched. I touched someone and they stayed to read my crap and I helped them get through a bad time.
Wow. I mean, WOW. That's the first time I think that I realized that I'm not out here "alone". I have friends and family stop by here all the time. There's a few people that I "know" that also stop by. This was the first time that someone didn't just take the time to comment or sign a GuestMap. They took the time to send a "Thank You" email for something that I didn't know I was doing or even capable of doing.
I'm kind of stunned. Is it appropriate to say "Thank You" to a "Thank You"?
2008- Super Fog
2007- The world is frozen
2006- Blowing Snow
2005- Wolves - Barons
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