Third star. . . . . All these awards have a theme of friendship. Little did I imagine when I started blogging in February 2013, that by the end of the year I would have met so many interesting and diverse people from all over the world. My friend Dr. Rex has awarded these to me  and it is such an honor to accept.  She has such a beautiful blog and has such a giving and gentle heart.  Please visit her at (hrexach.wordpress.com) She discovered the power of the healing touch when she began her career as a massage therapist and later became a medical doctor. Her life’s work has to be care for those in need. During her  last 14 years of  practicing medicine, she  joined the  Department of Veterans Affairs as a primary care physician caring for American veterans and winning distinguished physician awards. ( My brother was a physician in the Veterans Administration system as well.  https://talesalongtheway.com/2013/10/04/dr-archer-k-tullidge/ )

One of Dr. Rex’s  life verses is from Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change that you wish to see in the  world.”

Dr. Rex continues her work by encouraging, uplifting and educating through her blog  at    hrexach.wordpress.com but mostly through her example of love. . . . . . Thank you  for your inspiration, Dr. Rex!

Semper Fidelis Award . This award stands for the loyalty and love between friends.

The Rules:

• Add the Semper Fidelis Award logo somewhere on your blog.
• Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
• Nominate 5 bloggers whose loyalty and friendship you value and you consider being part of your “pack of wolves” on WordPress.
• Post something special for all of your nominees separately and dedicate it to them. This can be a quote, saying, poem, and picture.  Anything you think that would fit that person.
• Let the nominees know that you’ve nominated them.

My Nominees Are: 

1.  inavukic.com for your informative, inspiring  love of your country,  Croatia.

2. allresourceupdates.wordpress.com  Thanks Harsha for your gentle spirit and stories of your India.

3. dalocollis.wordpress.com for your lovely photography and philosophy from China.

4. cindyknoke.wordpress.com for your travel tales and beautiful world photography.

5. belsbror.wordpress.com for your tales from the Philippines as a farmer, writer, and poet.

6. dshenai.wordpress.com  Deo is an Indian scientist, scholar, lecturer , marketer , has earned a  MBA.

PARLIAMENT AWARD:

The Rules for this award are as followed:

1. Firstly, display the Award on your site (see Award page or sidebar!) You earned it and you deserve it!
2. List a few things that make you a loyal member.
3. Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
4. Nominate at least five (5) well deserving bloggers whose loyalty and love you value and consider part of your Parliament and Pack; for the Award and let them know the wonderful news by sending them a message on their site.

Here are my nominees:

1. simplyvegetarian777.wordpress.com

2. retireediary.wordpress.com

3. bishoptatro.wordpress.com

4. pifuk67.wordpress.com

5. foodbod.wordpress.com

6. greetingsfromindia.wordpress.com

The instructions for this award BLOG OF THE YEAR 2013:

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

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.

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!)

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/

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

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!

Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum of 6 stars! You can either ‘swop’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award – or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award 6 times!

You can find all the badges and banners and information you need via this link: ‘Blog of The Year 2013′ Award Badges.

“Congratulations to all the nominees! Best of luck to every one!

Nominees for Blog of the Year 2013:

1. prakritisingh.wordpress.com

2. insaneowl.com

3. theinvisiblesage.wordpress.com

4. lifeofawillow.wordpress.com

5. lauramacky.wordpress.com

6. processinglife.com

God bless you all!  Keep up the great blogging!