First of all, I didn't start saying "Ya'll" until I moved to Arizona. I know it's primarily a Texas thing, but people say it here, too. So yeah, it's kind of grown on me... ;)
Like I said in one my last posts, though, it's true. It's real. These friendships here, they are legit! Here is my evidence (horrible iPhone quality, I know, but we were chatting via the Google Hangout app, so fun!):
Like I said in one my last posts, though, it's true. It's real. These friendships here, they are legit! Here is my evidence (horrible iPhone quality, I know, but we were chatting via the Google Hangout app, so fun!):

Ruthie, Jen, and Jenna are some of my closest blog friends. I consider them real friends. When we chatted last night, which was the first time via this method, it was like we were in a room together, eating ice cream in our pajamas and giggling over the most mundane things. This is what community looks like. And this is why I love blogging and how it has changed my life. It has filled my life with even more incredible people in it. Blogging has fueled me together with other women who are very like-minded-- whether it's how they desire to raise their children, their faith, or their obsession with organization and communication (ha!). The four of us are all huge communicators and huge Type A personalities, so I think that's why we all get along so well. There is always a group text going between the four of us and Joshua is always bound to find me giggling over something one of them is saying. So to the people that think it's crazy that you can be friends with "friends you've met on the Internet"... well, here ya go.
(Also, evidence of more blog friendships here when I met Erin, Jen, and Ashley for the first time! And here when I attended the Creative Estates conference in Flagstaff, AZ, back in March 2012.)