I know, I know... You have already read about it a thousand times, I'm late on posting, but of course, I can't stay in silence, and it's always so good to talk about it again! ;)
My wonderful friend Kris, a.k.a. Mrs. B., won the Circle of Moms contest! Yay! What a delight, what a honor to see her getting as #1 to the end of the huge challenge that it turned out becoming, and with her, other awesome pagan pages, like The Pagan Mom Blog, The Witch Mom, Tales of a Kitchen Witch, to name a few, that ended among the 25 top blogs! It was very stressful during the voting time, watching every day the numbers going up, the good and bad comments coming up and down, while Kris was classy during all the Via Crucis (pardon the pun...) ... But it was all worthy. What was supposed to be a simple popularity contest, something fun and light, became a mission and a lesson for all parts involved (bloggers, voters and watchers).
A mission not to proselytize, but to explain - as politely as possible - to some souls that the contest was open to ALL faiths, paganism included. To explain, again, that pagans are not devil-worshippers, don't eat babies at breakfast, don't have green faces (only occasionally), and don't need to be saved, for the Goddess' sake!
A lesson to, if not to all involved, since some people will never open their minds and hearts enough to let some moonlight get in, to the point of sending cowardly threats to Mrs. B. - but a lesson to some generous souls who had the kindness and the maturity to stop, listen and to meditate on what that fuss was all about. Many pagan bloggers and some Christian bloggers in the contest left beautiful posts showing their support to Kris and aversion to the hate and venon that were being spread by other fellow Christians, which made me believe that this world is really not lost after all...
I'm proud to be part of this beautiful, powerful and supportive community that don't hesitate to speak up when it's needed!
4 comentários:
Yet again Huzzah! Mrs. B was the very soul of graciousness (as my granny would have said if she wasn't so bitter) through it all. It was so heartening to see the connections being made with some of the christian bloggers. Even with all the bad that came down from that little debacle that alone made it worth it.
It was a very emotional win. And I agree with The Traveler...the good things that came out of this were indeed worthwhile and now here comes my but....always my but. Sheesh, it could have all been so different were it not for fearful, misguided souls. And that's the end of my bit. The Olde Bagg
yea mrsb.! the easy part is over. the contest 'won'. now is the time to work harder to make the connections between christian & pagan bloggers strong enough to withstand the coming assault from conservative bloggers.
Congratulations to Mrs. B!! As you say, there may be hope yet for this world.
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