Yesterday, I noticed a link back to my site from Two Talent Living. So I went to that site and discovered the owner, Sallie Schaaf Borrink, is hosting the 2005 Blogs of Beauty Awards. Well, I was quite surprised to discover someone had nominated my blog for “Best Encourager.” Thank you to whoever nominated me — you really made my day!

When I have more time, I’d love to go visit many of the blogs that were nominated — the few that I’ve seen are wonderful. I was reading through the award categories and got to this one: “Best Quiet Spirit: Demonstrates a beautiful, quiet spirit through her blog entries.” And I thought — that’s got to be my sister-in-law. And there she is — she’s nominated in that category! I’m always wishing for a more quiet spirit — it’s nice to have a place to go to learn what one looks like.

Sallie has now chosen three finalists for each award, and you can vote on your favorites until 8 pm Tuesday, December 8. The contest is already a success in that it’s nice having all these blogs gathered in one spot — so we can “fellowship” in the blogosphere!

P.S. If you’re involved in the homeschooling community, you’ll want to check out the Homeschool Blogger Awards 2005. You can nominate from this site. Nominations are open until December 11, and voting begins December 12. The awards are hosted by Karen “Spunky” Braun (Spunky Homeschool), who is a homeschooling mom of six and a columnist for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.