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Tonight my wife and I had the great privilege to meet two very wonderful people, Jim & Judy, better known as “Papa & Mama,” face to face. I’ve been following Papa’s blog for a few months and he has got to be one of the funniest, most encouraging bloggers I follow.

They are “flying south” for the winter and just happened to be stopping for the night in Valdosta. Two months ago on a video chat with Brent & Tam, Papa was talking about their driving plans down I-75, and I piped in and said he’d probably go right by us. Fortunately for us, their plans did indeed include them stopping here in Valdosta.

Although our time together at the local Marble Slab was brief, it was definitely rich…and the ice cream was pretty good, too.

Papa and Mama have got to be the most “sweet” couple that I’ve ever met (besides my parents). In the hour or so that we spent together, I felt like I was sitting and chatting with friends I’ve known for years. I’m sure many of you who know Papa and Mama would probably agree with that sentiment.

I think we should all band together and encourage Papa and Mama to co-write their story! It is indeed a wonderful story!

Both my wife and I just loved our time with Papa and Mama.

Mama, Papa, and Me (my wife snapped the pic)

This is such a great example of how people who are total strangers and may have never crossed paths in a million years, are brought together by a few commonalities. Blogging and Jesus!

Stop by Papa’s blog and say hey!

Here we go folks, the last of this fun little project called No Shave November.

Did you make it?

Only one of my friends around here stuck it out until now.

I’ll be shaving Sunday night.

Here’s what my month-long beard looks like.

Ho ho ho.

Today I’ll be spending time with friends and family. I’m extremely thankful for all of them. My life is enriched beyond measure because of them.

But when thinking about what to post today I realized that most, if not all, of my family and friends here don’t blog. Sadly, they don’t even read my blog. But that’s ok, I understand that most of them haven’t partaken of them blogging/twitter koolaid so today my post is for you, my readers.

I’m thankful for you.

Thanks for stopping by occasionally and making this a fun experiment in digital journaling.

I’m also thankful to a select group of online bloggers that I call close friends, though I’ve not met many of them face to face.

Here’s a thankful shout out to those of you who I’ve journeyed with over the last months and years on this road called blogging.

Fred McKinnon

The Original Mudpuppy

Jon Morris

Mandy Thompson

Brent & Tam

Papa & Mama

Chris Moncus

Billy Chia

Chris from Canada

Holy Cow a Blog!

Human3rror

Klampert

Jim Drake

Rich Kirkpatrick

Ragamuffin Soul

Brandon Teer

Vertizontal

Shlog

Ryan Egan

You guys make my daily reader time fun, informative, challenging, and rich!

God’s Best and Happy Thanksgiving!

Russ

My good friend, Jonathan Chick, just launched Clarus Photography. He’s an amazing photographer and has a keen eye for snapping photos that just blow your mind. He just started a blog for Clarus. Head on over to his blog and give him some “welcome to the blogosphere love.”

A few of my favorites:

All photos property of Clarus Photography.

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