Do You Know Me?

Have you ever had someone come up to you and just start talking to you and you just smile all friendly like, while the thought is going through your head "Do you know me?" I have that happen to me quite frequently but I chalk it up to being Native American and well let's face it, with having brown skin, brownish blackish hair, brown eyes, and having the same wonderful round belly build of most Native American women I probably do look like a lot of other women...especially in Oklahoma!

But the question today isn't about my physical appearance but that of who I am. I have gotten some wonderful comments on my blog the last few days and one really hit me when she said she considers me a friend even though we may never meet in person. It got me to thinking "do my readers really know me?" and I have to say...yes, you probably do. Over the years I have been blessed with meeting many people that I have met on the Cricut messageboard, Facebook and through my blog. All most every one of those people have said "OMG! You are just how you seem on your blog" or Facebook, or messageboard, whatever the case may be. Evidently I type a lot like I talk, or type a lot like I think for folks to think I am the same in person as I am coming through their computer screen. I am not sure if that is good, or if that is bad. I will let you be the judge on that one! *okie grabs her gavel to bonk anyone on the head who has a bad judgement*.

I am not feeling quite at the point of despair that I was a few days ago. I think the prayer warriors must be working overtime, and let's face it, we can always use some prayers!

I also got a nice surprise yesterday. Not long after I got home there was a knock at the door and I didn't want to answer it but Lucy wouldn't stop barking so I thought I better go see. As I got to the door there was a lady walking to her car and she had a vase of flowers. She turned around and asked "are you Shirley Thompson?" and I told her "yes" and she handed me the most gorgeous yellow flowers and said "these are for you". I took the flowers and told her thank you. The note wasn't signed but simply said "Unless life hands you sugar and water, your lemonade is gonna suck! Hang in there". I had to laugh and think to my self "self...whoever sent these definitely has the same sense of humor as you do".

I guess there are plenty of folks in this world that I will likely never meet that feel they know me and to tell ya the truth, if I met them in person they would probably feel like they did know me. Most people I have met from the crafting world have been much like they have been on my computer monitor. Of course there are a few that were a bit different but all in all I would say YEP! WE KNOW EACH OTHER! *okie smiles and heads out the door to work*.