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Happy Birthday! Glad you were born!
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Posted by: nannette kennedy | April 04, 2009 at 06:06 PM
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, Joanna! You have enriched the lives of so many people with your wonderful words of writing wisdom! I wish you a glorius day!
Posted by: Ruth Radney | April 04, 2009 at 06:17 PM
Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday dear Joanna, Happy Birthday to Youuuuu....
Hmm... glad there is no voice on this blog or you'd all be cringing :)
Huge hugs to a woman who has the heart of an angel and a soul full of generosity. I am proud to call you my friend.
And a big thank you to Rosa for this gorgeous post... I am so blessed to have you and Joanna in my circle of friends.
Posted by: Karen Wallace | April 04, 2009 at 06:25 PM
Happy, happy birthday, Joanna! May your year be blessed at least as much as your presence blesses the lives of all you touch.
Posted by: Linda704 | April 04, 2009 at 07:02 PM
Happy Birthday Joanna!
Posted by: Uma Sankar Anivilla | April 04, 2009 at 07:14 PM
Rosa, yes it is bright and early on the 5th April in Scotland and I think I must have heard your voice, calling me across the oceans, and waking me to come and find you here.
Looking to the source is my bedrock and inspiration, it fills me with joy that I know won't run out... and helps me find friends and fellow travellers and explorers who I now count as one of my biggest blessings in life.
Over the last week or so I have been talking excitedly to offline friends about you and so many others in my online community, and realise how much you have all come to mean to me, and how much you have enriched my life.
You in particular Rosa, and come to Scotland any time you can, please!
Thank you for inviting your friends to join me here too, that is so lovely!
Nanette, thank you for those greetings, and I hope to connect up with you soon
Ruth, thank you, with a start like this I'm pretty sure it's going to be magical :-)
Karen my friend, keep singing away! Thank you x
Linda, thanks :-) See you on twitter soon
Uma, thank you, so much fun to get to know new friends through Rosa like this.
Posted by: Joanna Young | April 04, 2009 at 08:16 PM
Joanna - I wish you a very happy birthday!
"Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again."
~Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Revel in your day.
Posted by: Dwayne Melancon | April 04, 2009 at 08:24 PM
Joanna,
You are truly an inspiration... A spirit who has touched so many people with your words. Even though we've never met in person, I feel your bright light shining in my corner of the world!
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Maria Palma | April 04, 2009 at 08:33 PM
Joanna, thanks for the way you inspire us all -- and hope robust inspiration hops back full circle to lead your charge for another year! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by: Ellen Weber | April 04, 2009 at 08:34 PM
Dwayne, what a fabulous quote, thank you. Time like a spiral... that's so interesting. My grandmother was always trying to persuade us that time was a spiral rather than linear... it does make sense of a lot of otherways inexplicable things. I will indeed revel in my day. It's been a wonderful start.
Maria, what can I say... thank you. I hope we get to meet some day
Ellen, I'm loving this concept of spiralling time and circling inspiration... and yes it is, all circling back and feeding me. Thank you :-)
Posted by: Joanna Young | April 04, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Happy Birthday my wonderful friend!
I'm struggling to express just how much your friendship means to me. Suffice it to say that your presence makes my world a brighter, happier place. You shine your light so readily, and I for one love to bask in the glow.
Wishing you a truly incredible year ahead in which your wildest dreams are surpassed and your days are filled with joy, love and sparkles.
Happy Birthday Joanna
Amy
xx
Posted by: amypalko | April 04, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Happy Birthday, Joanna!
It is a bit late, I know, but it comes from the bottom of my heart. You are such a kind and welcoming woman, and without your support I would not stand where I stand now. I wish you all the best for the year ahead - for your publishing plans, for your blog - which I always give as an example when people are asking me about what blogs are for.
Happy Birthday Joanna,
Ulla
xxoo
Posted by: Ulla Hennig | April 05, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Happy Birthday, Joanna!
Like Ulla, I have used your blog many times to show people how a proper site should look and what it means to have a community on your blog. I'm so happy to have met you!!!
Posted by: Jamie Grove - How Not to Write | April 05, 2009 at 02:08 AM
Hi Joanna, Happy birthday! You are a real friend, an inspiration, and you put a little bit of sunshine into our day - just about every day nowadays thanks to Twitter and such. I hope all your birthday wishes come true today and every day. Hugs, Brad
Posted by: Brad Shorr | April 05, 2009 at 02:19 AM
Rosa, your opening line captures it so beautifully and I am proud to know and love you two spirit spillers!
Dearest Joanna, Happy Birthday! Your light truly does shine through the grey clouds of Scotland across the sea to friends and fans around the world. You radiate hope and draw us all in with the warm glow of friendship. Today, I truly celebrate you. I hope that your every desire comes true today and every day.
Lots of love, Karen xo
Posted by: Karen Swim | April 05, 2009 at 02:53 AM
Happy Birthday Johanna,
All the on this page doesn't begin show your impact on the world. Everyone of us has been changed, molded, and made better by knowing you. I feel your thoughts in the words you write when sneak over to read them and carry them with me for day like a light.
Thank you, you are the gift your birthday represents.
All the love I can gather for you gets bigger every minute.
Liz
Posted by: Liz Strauss | April 05, 2009 at 03:17 AM
Happy Birthday Joanna!
:-)
You have made a difference in my life. Please note the blank space above. This represents the invisible wave length that we both share.
Posted by: dave | April 05, 2009 at 03:24 AM
Happy Birthday, Joanna! You certainly touch many people, move many lives in a more positive direction.
I'll come by in a couple of months and deliver your many, many birthday hugs from US friends.
Posted by: Becky McCray | April 05, 2009 at 03:49 AM
How could I not wish a stupendous Happy Birthday to my favorite red-headed Scottish lass? You've been the source of so many inspirations, for me, and for so many others I know (and for many I don't know too, I'll bet!)
May your day be filled with good cheer and joy, Joanna! And of course, a big ol' tip o' the hat to ya!
Posted by: Robert Hruzek | April 05, 2009 at 04:02 AM
Happy Birthday Joanna! My very best wishes to my friend across the miles.
Keep getting those goose bumps. :-)
Terry
Posted by: Terry Starbucker | April 05, 2009 at 04:53 AM
Joanna-
Happy Birthday my friend! You give so much to the world. We all benefit from your writing, your passion, and your encouraging words. I am sending you very happy thoughts and wishes for you on this special day! Enjoy!
Posted by: Angela Maiers | April 05, 2009 at 07:23 AM
Happy Happy Birthday, Joanna, from sunny California! :-)
Posted by: Anne | April 05, 2009 at 08:13 AM
Rosa, what a beautiful tribute for a friend on her birthday!
Joanna, Many Happy Returns on your Birthday the very Best of Wishes for the year ahead :)
All my best to you both,
Paul
Posted by: Paul | April 05, 2009 at 08:53 AM
Oh my goodness, what a feast of friendship you've laid out for me at the end of the day!
Thank you everyone :-)
@Amy, me too, you know that. I've had a sparkly day, so why not make it a whole year's worth? ;-)
@Ulla, I don't recognise the word late in relation to blog conversations, especially not words like this. Thank you so much. What you've shared here means a great deal to me.
@Jamie, what a great compliment! I am very proud of my blog... and grateful every day for the community of funny, creative, interesting, big-hearted people it's allowed me to meet. Your good self included :-)
@Brad, thanks - isn't it it wonderful to be able to communicate most every day? Made all the easier having had the time first to sit and have a beer with you in a pub in Geneva. That was one of the stellar highlights of the last year. We'll do it again before too long.
Posted by: Joanna Young | April 05, 2009 at 01:15 PM
@Karen, thanks petal. How is it possible that we haven't met? We are soul sisters for sure. Thanks for your love and friendship today and everyday :-)
@Liz, thank you. I know I don't get over to you so much nowadays either... but I like the fact you know I'm still there, and notice the things that you write direct to me ;-) I'm watching where those conversations go to Liz, all the way...
@dave, okay, so you win the prize for making me cry. Guess you'll understand why ;-)
@Becky, we are going to have so much fun having a mini-SobCon in Scotland! Can't wait to see you
@Robert, thank you, for the friendship you've shared with me throughout the last year...You make so many of us smile more broadly... thanks :-)
@Terry, you bet:-) Sorry I'm not seeing you again in May... but maybe next year...
@Angela, thank you! Knowing so many interesting and creative people makes me want to keep shining as brightly as I can... isn't it wonderful how we feed off and refuel each other?
@Anne, thank you for the greetings, and sunshine too!
@Paul, thanks :-) I'm very glad that I've got to know you through Rosa, I think we have much to learn from and teach each other
Posted by: Joanna Young | April 05, 2009 at 01:26 PM