Hi Samantha...thanks so much, this will become a regular stop for me, I'm sure.

Thanks, Samantha, for the welcome!  I'm looking forward to connecting, sharing and learning here.

Thanks so much, Samantha! :)

Thank you for welcoming me! :) Looking forward to getting involved.

Thanks for the friend invitation - accepted gladly!

I am so sorry to hear about your husband's cancer. Cruel, unfair, arbitrary disease that it is, the Medicare pay system seems pretty much the same. I hope you get to Hawaii very soon.

Being in France, I get on here at odd times, but I do get here!

I'm very sorry to hear about your husband.  I am a cancer survivor and thankfully, live in Massachusetts that has Mass Health (basically what they now call Obama Care, but was developed here by Mitt Romney years ago). It was a lifesaver financially and I'm very lucky in that regard. I know how hard things are for you and wish you blessings! 

Thanks for the friend request. I must start off by saying I don't get on here as much as I would like. Trying to barrel through a re-write of my 2012NaNo piece, which is going slower than a snail at the moment. If the pace picks up, I might be able to get on here more often. I do check email, so if anything important comes up, do message me. Will respond when/if I can.

Thanks so much for the friend request, Samantha.  I really enjoyed the "Show don't tell" on FB!

Thank you so much for the welcome! I am looking forward to reading, learning, and sharing!

Thanks so much for the welcome. I'm looking forward to hanging out with other women who know what it's like to reinvent oneself :)

Best, 

Angela

Hi Samantha,

Finally have the time to be part of the She Writes community and get caught up on the Blooming Late activity. I've been so busy writing, editing, re-writing - but worth it: our book (co-authors Susan Hodara, Joan Potter, Lori Toppel), STILL HERE THINKING OF YOU: A Second Chance With Our Mothers is being published! March 1, 2013 by Big Table Publishing (Boston, MA). So, at 55 I am a first-time published author. The four of us have been meeting for several years now, one morning a week, to share and critique each other's writing, and somehow found ourselves all eventually writing about our mothers, and hence, the book''s birth. Anyway, now I will check out what all is going on here on She Writes and with our Blooming Late group. Thanks!!! Peace, Vicki Addesso

Thank you, Samantha, for the friend request. I've been away for some time and hope now to become more active. Cheryl

Thank you, Samantha, for the lovely welcome! I look forward to getting started and making some new friends! :)  Lexi

Samantha, Thanks so much for the warm welcome!  I am excited to get started and make friends, as well as gains valuable insight.  Anne

My simplistic approach to things made me think I should find Blooming Late first when in fact I needed to go to Samantha's page and then click on Blooming Late.  My brain is learning and it fits with the idea that I've lived my life backwards.  Smiling all the way to success.

Being computer deficient in some areas, I have no idea how to navigate around this site.  What is available, how do you navigate the group site versus the She Writes site, how do you find members in our group, how do you find the resources available, etc.?

Hi, Samantha, this is all so extensive and impressive. I'm looking forward to conversing with this group. Thanks for the welcome letter, I shall get started liking on FB, etc!

Thanks so much, Samantha. It's good to know that there are places where one can come and not have to be in the middle of things, but also be part of what's going on. With my schedule, being in the middle is not possible. I enjoy watching to see what's happening when I have the time. 

You've done some really good stuff here and on your website. I enjoy both.