It’s time to introduce you to my soul sister Lee, who blogs at Golden Pink Journal. We first bonded over our blog names, because of the word “pink”. We’ve bonded over many other things since and that’s why we call ourselves soul sisters. We have so much in common. A similar childhood, similar ways of thinking, similar problems happening at the same time. Lee is one of the few blogger friends I exchange emails with. We’re just that close. I love her personality and I feel like I’ve known her for a long time. I also have the privilege of being the only one in our blogging family who knows her first name, because sisters just have to. (Am I still the only one, honey?)
Do you know her? She’s quite popular so I’m sure you do. If not, I would love if you took a moment of your time to go over to her blog and get to know her better. She’s so worth it. She blogs about many different subjects and has quite a few series going on. She’s a writer and she gifts us with a new short story every saturday.
What do you think about her new header image? I’m in love with it. The pink, the font, the color scheme, just perfect! Also, the words have everything to do with her. She’s inspiring, loving and creative.
She’s a cat mom to Izabelle, a gorgeous kitten she has recently adopted. I mean, just look at her:
She’s also mom to two Guinea pigs, I wish I remembered their names. They have a YouTube channel, though, so you can check on them.
Lee writes poetry too, having a whole category dedicated to it.
Here’s one of my favorites:
Letter To My Mother Away
Mother you’re away still
I’ve never been able to celebrate with you for Mother’s Day,
or any other occasion.
Every year I watch all the other sons and daughters with their mothers
I tell my aunt Happy Mother’s Day! But it’s just not the same…
She has her own children
Like you have your own
But you left yours to be all alone
High off life without me
It couldn’t have been easy
But it was harder being low and sober
You needed it but you didn’t need
Me as a baby, and the thought of you leaving
The pain makes me queasy
And I blame you for many things
The root of my pain
But I never hated you
I still love you
Even when I barely know you
It’s such a shame
How do you even remember me?
You told me you didn’t remember my little brothers name
But I still love you
I was still happy I could be there with you for a moment
and you were okay
It felt like a miracle
I was in the hospital only months before from that car crash
Then there I was
Walking through hospital doors
To meet you alive
Smiling and laughing
Giving me advice for the first time
Promising we’d keep in touch this time for the second time
It was the best day of my life
I thought I’d finally have you in my life
And I did for a while
Then Mother’s Day came around
You were no where to be found…
Mother away
It’s been about 2 years since then
I haven’t heard from you since
But I’ve been told you’ve been seen and you’ve been asking about me
Is it true?
But if you really wanted me
I know you could find me
just like I found you
Still I love you
And I have hope
Broken hope
That has not died
And If it’s not too late
When you come around
(Please don’t wait
to come around)
I’ll be by your side
This poet was written to her mom, in a post where she talks about their story and her relationship with her mom:
https://goldenpinkjournal.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/short-story-saturday
Every day, I look forward to her Today’s to-do, where she shares her list of tasks for the day and updates us on her progress. You know I love lists, so this might be my favorite series of hers. I love to know how she spends her days and if you share any tasks for a given day.
Fun Friday is another series of hers, posting something fun and different every Friday.
My personal favorites:
Fun Friday #10: Playlist Edition
Fun Friday #6: “Meet Izabelle/Izellah?”
As I’ve told you before, she has a series called Short Story Saturday:
Short Story Saturday: Izabelle’s Edition
Short Story Saturday! “My 1st love/heartbreak”
Short Story Saturday: The Beauty in Lyric
There’s so much more to her blog. I hope you go over there and check a few of her posts, maybe give her a follow? I would be really happy if you did.
I’d like to finish with her answers to my Perfect Party Series questions:
What was your favorite thing about my party?
It was so unique! I’m actually upset that I made it a little late but apparently not too late – The party lasted 3 days!! So I was able to still make an appearance and some new blogging friends:)
Did you get any new followers or views because of the party?
I did get a few and I followed a few💕
Did you make any friends?
I did💕
Dear Lee,
I have nothing but love for you, my sister. We have so much in common and I feel so lucky to have met you. We’re both damaged but strong, aren’t we? I admire you so much and I love being able to follow your journey. I’m always here for you, you know that.
Love,
Cheila
Lee, that “Letter you to my Mother away” was so personal, sad and yet beautiful all at the same time! Like Cheila said you are a strong person. Great to meet you Lee! Looking forward to learning more through your blog. Thanks for sharing Cheila! 🙂
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Thank you soo much💖 nice to meet you too, Cherylene is it?
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Hi Lee, yes it is 🙂
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Well it will be great getting to know you more as time goes by Cherylene☺️
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Same here Lee. I look forward to it. 🙂
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Of course. She’s just wonderful 🙂
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Wow a short story every Saturday!
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She’s that amazing 🙂
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Cherry said it all. That “Letter” was a lot of things at the same time (see Chery’s comment for explanation 😀 )
Also, I’ve always had a hunch that PJ Queen has a strong personality and just might have a cat (err.. not sure about how a cat came into the hunch though 😂😂). And Chey just confirmed it. Nice getting to know you (wait, if I didn’t know you before, how did you get crowned? 😂😂).
P.S. I’m heading over to your blogging home right now!!
Thanks for sharing, Chey.
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I’ve always had a hunch I would be some cat lady lol and actually something funny and ironic… in high school my aunt got me a pajama set…. with cat heads all over and paw prints omg I would still have them if I didn’t out grow lol. I’ll have to view your blog when I get on my laptop as I couldn’t hit follow from my phone😩
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That’s because there isn’t any follow button. My subscription is via email. You can, however, follow via your WordPress Reader.
All you have to do is to go to your reader, click on Followed Sites > Manage > Paste http://www.harmoniousjoy.com in the text box at the top (“Enter URL to follow”) and done!
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You’re welcome, dear! I live for this. I love when my friends get to meet each other and become friends 🙂 ❤
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😀 😀
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I love that you’re so close with other bloggers! Great feature on Lee xx.
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That’s my favorite part of blogging, actually. Having friends and bringing the community closer together 🙂 ❤
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I love that poem. Thanks for sharing, Chey! What a great summary of her blog.
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It’s beautiful 🙂 Thank you for reading, it makes both of us happy. And I’m glad the nickname “Chey” has stuck, I’d never had a nickname before lol
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Ha ha. Jainey a.k.a. Dynamite gave all of us nicknames! I like mine too… Sunshine! I’ll take it. Ha ha.
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Awww yayy I’ve been waiting for this☺️☺️ I wish I could have had a lot more to say about the party like everyone else since they were there most of it, but I still loved stopping by and being able to catch some of it✨ it was such a brilliant idea and so is this series.
Thank you to everyone who has commented such nice things already and thank you Sister! Yes you are still the only one that knows😎💕
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I’m glad you liked this, my dear sister 🙂 Everyone loves you, of course. ❤
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Lee is amazing! She definitely has such a way with words, she’s definitely a poet at heart 🙂
I love that you guys refer to yourselves as soul sisters 🙂
Also, her cat Izabelle is the cutest!!
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She’s good with her words, indeed. I love her writing. Hahaha it’s because we have so much in common. I mean, I had never met so many girls that I can feel so close with and that share so many of my views before I was a blogger. Now I take selfies and pictures of things, which I would never do before and I think “Somewhere across the world, Angela is doing the exact same, taking a picture of her sandwich” lol That’s a strong bond
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It has been very nice to connect with so many ladies around the world 😀
I do tend to take photos of most things I eat XD Even in public, at restaurants and such. Blogging has definitely encouraged this behaviour 😀
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So do I. And I didn’t before blogging lol
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This is a lovely post, Cheila. Heading to Lee’s blog now.
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Thank you, Tracey. She’s lovely 🙂
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Cheila thank you for letting me know a more about Lee. I have been following her a for a couple of weeks now so I did not really most anything of what you have put out here. My heart breaks for you, Lee, as I read the poem you wrote for your mother. I hope she reads it someday and knows of your pain. Love and hugs xx
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Thank you for reading, love. Lee is just wonderful ❤
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I love this feature that you did on my girl, Lee. ❤ She is lovely and down to earth and I enjoy her blog.
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She’s just amazing 🙂 And so are you. Thank you for reading! ❤
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Reblogged this on Pink For Days and commented:
Have you checked my post about Lee? Here’s a chance to do it now
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