Well, MDGC friends, it happened. I got my first negative response to my blog.

Naturally, I called my dad crying.

When I started this blog, I was doing it just for myself because I enjoy writing and I needed something in my life that I could get excited about. Eric always reminds me that I write just the way I talk, but that I probably don’t talk this way around a lot of people, so some people might not “get it.” Although I am still doing this blog for myself, it still hurts like hell when other people don’t like it. It may seem silly that it effected me so much, but there are a couple things to keep in mind. First, I’m really sensitive. Second, this blog is me, so when someone doesn’t like it, they really just don’t like me. However, even though I got a negative response, I’m genuinely happy to know that someone other than my parents is reading this blog. For a few days, I was positive that they were just refreshing the page over and over again to make it look like people were reading it.

Don’t worry, the happy ending to this story is coming up.

At the end of the day yesterday, a good friend of mine, Liz Proctor, wrote me a note and said how much she adored my blog. Of course, at the time, she had no idea how much I needed her comment, but I did. I know that this won’t be the last negative comment I get about the blog, but it was the first, and clearly I didn’t handle it very well. What I really learned from this whole situation is that I need to be my biggest fan, and some days that will have to be enough.