For the first 22 lovelinks, the popular vote determined the winner. Then I decided the less socially mobilized deserved recognition for good works, and the editor’s choice appeared. As the posts got better and better, it became harder for me to choose just one, so I put out the call for a lurker to out herself with a favorite. My friend @FloodG came through for us.
This week starts the tradition of three lovelinks winners, which averages to the top 10 percent: popular vote-getter, editor’s choice and lurker’s fave.
Here they are:
Ado at The Momalog won the popular vote with a guest post by her friend Megan who wrote about her son Hayden’s struggle with a rare genetic disorder. Hayden’s parents are fierce advocates for their son’s well being and a fundraising force as they raise awareness about the disease. Thanks, Ado, for introducing Hayden to lovelinks. Maybe his mom will let him write your next guest post about the awesomeness that is sixth grade.
Kir at The Kir Corner won editor’s choice for her post comparing her habit of leaving thoughtful comments on her favorite friends’ blog posts to leaving them cupcakes. I liked it because it was such a straight line to the heart of lovelinks: we’ve carefully and thoughtfully built our welcoming blog community not from gimmicks and empty promises, but from truly genuine blogside visits and comment chats. Thanks, Kir, for being part of it.
Brandy at Momwich won Flood’s lurker’s fave with an honest admission of her nagging resentment of her husband’s alcoholism and recovery. We don’t get to psychoanalyze our lurkers—there is freedom in relative anonymity—so, I don’t know why Flood selected Brandy’s post, but I can tell you that I was nodding empathetically while I was reading it. Thanks, Brandy, for sharing it with us.
Bonus: best use of a photograph: Mama in the City.
Congrats to our winners! If you’d like a super cool winner’s button badge for your blog, please email me and I’ll send it right away.
Thanks to everyone who linked up this week. We all would love to be voted #1, but as a perennial 2nd placer, let me say: most of the fun is playing along. Please come back next week. Bring friends.
The blogs are sorted in order of most votes to least votes in the matrix below. In the case of a tie, like if four blogs each got seven votes, the tied blogs are sorted by highest number of page views received.
Lovelinks #31 opens Tuesday.
So excited to have found this, as I LOVE LOVE LOVE reading blogs and searching for great ones all the time!
Congrats to all the winners and love the bonus picture! 🙂
Whoooooooooooooooooooooo
I woke up late today and I had the great surprise of winning the bonus place. I was all “yeah, in your face” to my husband and tossed kid up in the air in happiness.
Congrats to the winners, it was fun reading you all – well some gave me a tear or two.
Yay!
Congrats Ado, Kir & Brandy! All fantastic posts! 🙂
Yay congrats everyone! Well deserved!
I am so excited….truly and being the Editor’s choice is even better than winning the popular vote. you CHOSE me…and now I’m crying. 😉
congrats to all of the winners and to all the writers, who make BLOGLAND what it is, who make me proud to be a blogger among them.
YEA.
YAY! Congrats everybody. I loved this week’s posts and so glad to help Megan and Hayden spread the word about FOP. I will get with Megan to see if Hayden might do a guest post on how 6th grade is going for him. (-:
PS: I loved the Lurker’s Choice too.
PSPS: Erica, of course I want a winner’s button for my blog!
Congrats Ado, Kir and Brandy! Loving this lovelinks group – great content week after week!
Congratulations everyone! Love all the new “winner” topics too!!
Congratulations to all the winners!