Her blog shows 58,884 followers. Blogger has a limit on followers and I know that because some people commented a year ago that they could not "join" her site. I doubt she can even read all the comments she gets. I found out just now that Blogger has a limit on comments. Crazy, huh? Who among us would even believe that number existed.
She posted May 9th for the first time in almost TWO YEARS! She had 27 comments in the first 10 minutes. At 5:56 PM on May 9th...less that 12 hours after her post...Allie had reached the maximum amount of comments allowed - 5000. It took me quite a while to figure out why I couldn't get the comment box to come up. Then I scrolled down to where it should have been, only to read:
Reached maximum number of comments. No more comments can be posted.
I was pissed I couldn't say my peace/piece but at the same time, a little glad I wouldn't waste the time writing what I wanted to and knowing she would probably never read it. (Selfish, I know)
The link on her site name above, links to this new post-out-of-the-blue. It is an amazing post. It is amazing illustration. Though the subject matter may not apply directly to you, it is more than possible you know someone to whom it does apply. Please go read it now (actually read the link below first). Give yourself at least 10 minutes to do this. You won't regret it.
I did want to tell her some things...I have truly missed her posts. I checked my reader every time I log in to see if her site was still up or I missed something. I thought because of the book deal she got, that she was no longer able or had time to keep up with it. I wanted to let her know that, that she was missed. I wanted to let her know she mattered to people who have never even met her...I'd say close to 59,000!! Mostly I wanted her to know I appreciated what she wrote.
***Here is her last post prior to this, from 5/5/2011. The Adventure. I recommend reading this FIRST!!
I hope it is not another two years.
