Hey Frank,

I'm so sorry for not seeing this earlier and lending you my support. I'm so happy to hear that your daughter is coming home. Being surrounded by family and those we love always makes a small difference with the morale and all.

I can't imagine what you and your family must have gone through this last week. I'm sure it took all the strength, courage and prayers that you had and it's nice to know that your community of friends here stood by you along the way. Just goes to show that the friendships we've made online are as real and genuine as they come.

I wish Heather nothing but health, love and happiness.
Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

God Bless
Cheers
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Samar,

This is one of those posts that I wish I had written. That's how amazing I think this piece here is! It's genuine and an absolute pleasure to read. Loved it!

Besides being from Pakistan (as I'm Lebanese) I can pretty much relate to most of it. The first 4 points you made I repeat day in and day out - whether in my blog posts, in my comments or elsewhere. The last one - I had to have people remind me that I was. You see much like you I used to charge ridiculous rates for a ridiculous amount of time and hard work. I have learned otherwise.

As to not being able to please everyone - well, wouldn't it be nice if we could eh? But I bet we'd die of exhaustion if we tried. I write for myself first. But I know my audience and I generally make sure that they too will enjoy reading my articles or at least get something out of them. They're not all revolutionary and meaningful - but they're all written using my voice and personality, my style, my tone... I write the way I talk - and that's part of what keeps people coming back for they can relate to a human.

As to life is short - I'm Lebanese - let's just leave it at that lol ;).

Needless to say that I could go on, but alas...I've already left you with a small eBook lol.

It's great of you to open up here and share a great part of yourself with your readers. I'm glad I had the chance to read this wonderful piece. Good on you for practicing what you preach! Good mottos to live by.

Wishing you continued success.
Enjoy your weekend.
Cheers

Hi Mars,

Thanks for your comment - much appreciated. I'm happy you enjoyed reading the piece :). As you said, once in a while - to add personality as well as show your simple and human side - tweeting some of those things is totally cool. I was referring more to those people that tweet nothing else but stuff like that - and merely implying that I (personally) would not really be interested in always reading and conversing in that way on Twitter.

It's funny that you mention Disqus - I've actually been thinking of doing that for quite some time now. It seems to be the popular choice out there. Will look into it again :). Thanks for the reminder!

Cheers

Hi Hesham,
I'm glad you enjoyed my rather long (yet I'd like to think somewhat useful) Twepost :)! So far, I've been quite good about avoiding the No'No's - after all, I sure hope I would take the advice I'm giving to others Lol. Thanks for commenting.

Hi iVicio. Thanks for commenting. I think your best shot if you don't know anyone who already is a member of Dribbble may be to post a Tweet asking to see if anyone is giving them away. At least that's what the site advises. Or maybe do a Google search. Good luck! I hope it works out.

Hey Hesham,
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment :)! I'm glad I was able to help you discover another awesome site that's out there - and happy that you enjoyed it! I thought it was quite clever as well. I'm looking forward to trying it out. Keep up your great work on Famous Bloggers.

Hey Richard,
Yeah, I\'m sure a lot of people must have thought that - including me :) at first! But imagine the chaos on the streets if it actually did! Thanks for your comment - I\'m glad I was able to add a smile to your day.

Thanks a lot Marwan :). It's actually a really cool site. Unfortunately for me, I'm not much of a designer - and even less of a developer lol :(! Although great - Dribbble just isn't for me - but if there was something called Scribbble (hint hint Dribbble masterminds) - that pertained to writing - then maybe...sure!

I\'m glad lol :)!

Hi Richard,
Thank you very much for your encouraging comment and support. I\'m glad you are enjoying reading nittyGriddy. Feel free to comment anytime.