June 2010 was not my month. The worst was bit was finding out my grandmother had an unrecoverable stroke. Then frantic planning to be ready for whenever the time came. It did, Life is Short. Thus my blog covered people and services I liked to try to have easy posts planned.
But when it rains it pours, and things went wrong, right, left, up and down. June 1st to June 25th was seemingly one long blurry day of rain. In the midst of it all, I suddenly found people who were local who had been friends since grade school, disappeared when I needed them most, after requesting my help days before and repeatedly pushing a known problem. Yet my online friends stepped up, some knowing that my grandmother was only a big drop in a bucket of a bad month, some simply knowing I was hurting. And am still (there’s a lot unsaid).
Now perhaps you wonder what this has to do with online tools and how to use them.
Simple.
Years ago, people said you can not make real friends online. Let me say social media has changed that.
Skype brought Kelly Maria Clark of KellyMariaClark.com and Vernon Harleston of TheHighRoad.com
Facebook and Twitter allowed Allison Smith Haley of Allicat.com, Bonnie Green of BonnieGreen.com, Kate Hollifield of CrazyQuiltAcademy.com and Elaine Ireland of ElaineIrelandPsychic.com to chat, to email and send just this message *Hugs*. Now if you are not a social media person the * indicates an action rather than saying something.
Text and cell phones kept me in touch with my boyfriend in New Mexico.
My real world broke apart. My digital world exploded in love. If you are not using social media then you do not know how many people who share your same heart (interests and personality and such) exist!
And as my world slowly started regaining some normalcy, I realized the #Blog30 had almost completely slipped by me. 25 days had. So suddenly my head a bit above ground I started reading.
Create Something Buzzworthy by Melanie Kissell was the first that really struck me. Somewhere in the middle of the month I started Rockstar Education to Website Basics and WordPress Site Creation and it has produced exactly zero sales. So I am going to promote more, be louder about how much education you get in 3 months. And now there is even coaching to go with it!
Then I stumbled across Suzie Cheel’s Does Fear Stop You Growing? and I must say you feel pretty small when you are always afraid to ask for help and when you do people you trust disappear. Yet unexpected people appeared and that made life better, and conquering fear is what I will have to do promote myself more.
Finally there was Michelle Shaeffer with Don’t Quit Weekend Inspiration by the time I read her blog… I was in tears. (Sorry Michelle I just exploded in emotions on your comments)
It would have been easy to quit the blog challenge, to give my internet business, to lose faith, but that means giving up my dream. 
I am an author.
I have instructional guides that help beginners and are explained in detail without talking down, because YOU are worth it. You are amazing. How do I know? I was abused. I have allowed people to tell me I am not worth it or worthy of good things. And I know the garbage and dirt of life has denied the world of your beautiful light.
Thank you to all of you friends who touched my heart when your hands could not.
~ MJ Schrader
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I'm sorry to hear about your grand mother. I hope lots of sunshine is in your very near future. I've found the support during the 30 day challenge to be astounding. I've met great friends here. I've been following you since I first saw you in Pat OBryan's coaching. I stay involved for along time, but foundhis coaching style did not fit my needs. I wish you the best… and know that quiet friends from behind the scenes care for you also.