As some of you may know, yesterday – November 18, 2013 – I received this very prestigious award from the lad in Scotland.

It is an honor to receive and display this award on the “It is What It Is” blog.

When I received it, I proceeded to comply with the rules, instructions and nominations of the blogs that I follow that have influenced me in many ways.

As I came to my office this morning and started looking through my emails, messages, posts, Facebook and WordPress I was more than very nicely surprised!

The award for Blog of the Year 2013 …. has come back!!

Not once but several times!!

From Bishop Eddie Tatro … @ http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/

From Barbara … @ http://idealisticrebel.wordpress.com/

From Shaun …. @http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/

I am floored, I am overwhelmed, I am emotional. It was an honor with the first one … you can barely imagine how it feels to have been nominated again by other fellow bloggers! I am humbled by the fact that you consider my blog, my writings, my musings, my humor, my information — deserving of this award more than once.

Now that I have received these, I can nominate other blogs that I didn’t include in my first post!!

The instructions for this award are simple:

1- Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog of The Year 2013 Award.

2- Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.

3- Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them. (Please, don’t alter the instructions or the badges!).

4- Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link: http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/

5- You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear

6- And as a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award – and proudly display the award on your blog – and start collecting stars!

Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.

The parameters that I have used today to determine my nominees continue to be the same as then initial ones:

The amount of knowledge that I have received by following your blog
The varied topics that are selected and written about
The obvious amount of reading, research and preparation that goes into every post that I read on your blog
The authenticity that I “perceive” as I read your material
The interactions that we’ve had in the comments section
They say that copying is the best form of flattery …. I have copied some ideas from your blogs to use in mine
I don’t read newspapers, I’ve really never have. The ink makes my hands dirty …. I don’t have a need to read newspapers at all now or feel guilty and uninformed because I haven’t. My source of news, updates, recipes, art and entertainment and more ….. comes from following your posts
I can truthfully say that I’ve become a better informed, educated and well-rounded individual because of what I’ve learned from following your blog. There are plenty of topics that I had never heard about
There’s a new perspective to the world I live in … I’m aware of topics, situations, injustices and much more that I wasn’t aware of. These topics aren’t covered in the mainstream media

I nominate the following blogs for “Blogger of the year”:

1. http://acuriousmind2013.wordpress.com/

2. http://kiramoorescloset.wordpress.com/

3. http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/

4. http://socialawareness2013.wordpress.com/

5. http://inspirationalgem.wordpress.com/

~~LINK TO MY INITIAL POST … INSTRUCTIONS AND MORE INFORMATION~~

https://hrexach.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/blog-of-the-year-award-2013-2/

~~THIS IS WHAT TO AIM FOR~~

I congratulate all the nominees! I love all your blogs!

So whoever is following me, please accept this award!

All of you deserve Blog of The Year 2013 award!

Please, leave a link back on my post when you accept and write your post. Have a wonderful day and a wonderful life through all our trials and tribulations!!

God bless you all!”

We ALL are ONE!!