I am blessed with My First Blog Award

Since starting my blog in June 2010, I have received so many beautiful blessings because:

...sharing my faith, family, and other areas of my life that I am passionate about brings joy to my soul. Yes, I am blessed and blogging has been a way to document all the good Lord has done for me!

...all the wonderful emails in my inbox and comments left on my blog are great blessings on my blog journey!

...I have been inspired and encouraged by other bloggers and I hope my blog will also be a source of inspiration and encouragement for visitors that stop by once or daily. It's always a blessing to be encouraged and to inspire others!

...I love to meet other people and hear their stories so blogging has been such a great way to connect with others around the world and learn something new after I "meet" them on their blog and through their blog posts.   My family and friends (in and out of blog world) are true blessings!

Another blessing that I have received since blogging is that Marie at The Things We Find Inside and Raphael & Dawn at Just Married with Coupons and Lisa at All things Gale and Carmen at Closer to Lucy all think that my blog is "award worthy"!  Each blogger gave me the same award within 2 weeks of each other!  

To be honest, I have mixed feelings about blog awards.  We all want to know that our blogs are being read and followed and are blessing others in some way, but is it necessary to have blog awards to recognize this?  But, on the other hand, it is fun to share some blog blessings through these awards and pass on the love to other bloggers.

With that being said, I am flattered and grateful that I have been nominated and awarded my first blog award from Marie, Raphael & Dawn, Lisa, and Carmen.  There are so many wonderful blogs and to have fellow bloggers name my blog as one that deserves recognition is a blessing !  Be sure to visit Marie at The Things We Find Inside , Raphael & Dawn at Just Married with Coupons  , Lisa at All things Gale and Carmen at Closer to Lucy !

So here are the rules for accepting this award...

1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers that you have newly discovered.

3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen.

 So I am passing on this award to the following great blogs: (in no particular order)

1. Anna-Marie at Life's Adventure
2. Lynda at My Heart's Desire
3. Kylie at Our Worldwide Classroom
4. Jen at Following the Footsteps
5. Amy at Together For a Reason
6. Adriana at and baby makes three
7. Ann Marie at The Domestic Jock
8. Tammy at Mommy Life with 5
9. Jen at Forever, For Always, No Matter What
10. Ginger at Ginger-Snap-Shots
11. Jenny at A day in the life...the little things
12. Angela at Blog Mommas
13. Esther at A Catholic Mom in Hawaii
14. Lacy at Catholic Icing
15.Tiffany at A Bloggy Mom


Thanks again, Marie, Raphael, Dawn, Lisa, and Carmen for this lovely award!   The best part about getting this award is that I am able to tell others about the 15 blogs that I have listed above.  Sharing lovely blogs via my blog is a great blessing for me!

Remember,  you can click on the Picket Fence button below (or on my right sidebar) everyday to vote for my blog.  If your blog is in the Picket Fence Directory, let me know and I'll click a vote for you! I love visiting other blogs and voting for them too!

1 click = 1 vote for "A Slice of Smith Life" 

Thanks!