Fandom Special Snowflake meme, Day Eight

[dreamflower]

Day 8

In your own space, create a love meme for yourself. Let people tell you how amazing and awesome and loveable you really are. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it.

Umm...OK. Here it is.

Comments

[stageira.livejournal.com]

I think you are amazing. So talented and awesome. And when reading your diary during Katrina you can see what a strong woman you are. <3333

[dreamflower]

Thank you! I'm glad to know people are still reading that diary. I posted it to help others understand what the Coast went through at the time.

And also to help me to remember just what happened when; so often, years after events we forget the order things happened, or we only remember the most important parts. I want to remember it all.

[stageira.livejournal.com]

I read the diary a little after I friended you, it was indeed something that helped me understand more.

For the same reasons as you stated above I have been trying to write an account of my brother's death, but I just can't. Not yet.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I think you are one of the most amazing ladies in fandom. You give so much with running the GFIC Group, giving us GFIC writers a voice and are also a highly talented writer and artist.You are also a great example and friend to all who know you.

[dreamflower]

*blushes* Thank you dear!

I'm really quite selfish with what I do in fandom: I like reading good fanfic, and the only way I can keep doing that is to convince and encourage more people to write it! (((hugs)))

[shirebound]

You totally are! I consider you one of my dearest friends, even though we've never met (yet). You give and give and give, and are truly a treasure.

[dreamflower]

♥ Shirebound!

I consider you a dearest friend as well! So much hope in the word "yet"--I do hope that "yet" comes true some day.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

I love your kindness and your many talents and how generous you are in sharing them with us. You're a wonderful writer. I know you're strong and courageous from reading about how you handle troubles that you've had. You inspire me to do better, so thank you for that.

[dreamflower]

Thank you, sweetie! ((((hugs))))

And I could easily say the same about you.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

I think you are the one true hobbit among us, just everything about you is what I think of when I think of hobbits! ;) Besides that, you are kind and always have insightful and sweet things to say. You are a talented writer with a deep passion for Tolkien's work. I wish we could meet in person some day!

♥

[dreamflower]

*grin* I'd like to be a hobbit! Thanks, dear!

I do wish we could meet in person too! There is just nothing like meeting people who are great friends in person.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I am totally overjoyed to have you as a friend. And as we talk more and more outside the constraints of fandom topics, we are discovering how much we have in common. I think we could have a lot of fun together if we ever happened to meet in RL.

- Erulisse (one L)

[dreamflower]

I am always tickled when I find out I have a lot in common with online friends!

I've been fortunate enough to meet several of them. I hope that you might be one that I meet one day!

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

You seem like a really kind and lovely person...and you make me appreciate hobbits!

[dreamflower]

Thank you! When I can get someone to appreciate hobbits, my work is done! ;)

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

You are such a kind, generous, open and talented person, welcoming me with open arms and as a friend when we met and being so awesome and easy to work with! I'm forever amazed about everything you are doing and up to, and manage with such ease and efficiency.

[dawn_felagund]

Barb, where does one even begin with what makes you wonderful?? :D

Your contributions to this fandom are not only enormous but have done so much to making it a more friendly, welcoming, and open place. You have given so much of yourself, even when times were hard, to enable the creative expression of others.

I admire how smart and articulate you are, and even if our research interests don't often overlap, you are definitely one of the fandom's great minds. Your nonfiction definitely raises the bar for research writing and is such an invaluable resource for people wanting to learn more about Tolkien.

And finally, but certainly not least of all, you are just a great friend. You are so warm and so kind. When I first started working with you and the other LotRGen mods on MPTT, I felt like, within just a few emails and chats, we'd known each other for years. You have a knack for making people feel welcome, comfortable, and appreciated.

I feel so lucky that our paths have crossed in life and hope we can meet in person some day! *hugs*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I so admire your enthusiasm for all aspects of fandom, which mirrors your enthusiasm for life in general. You're one of the "givers" that the Tolkien fandom cannot survive without.

I also love that you're my closest physical "neighbor" in the fandom (even though it's still, um, about a nearly five hour drive?). Even though we've yet to meet in person, I love the idea that just down I-44 is a fellow Tolkien fan!