{"id":108,"date":"2010-10-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/2010\/10\/thank-you.html"},"modified":"2010-10-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T10:00:00","slug":"thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2010\/10\/thank-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Thank you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Yesterday I received so many emails from Queens across the country requesting a book. I am sorry that I had to stop with five giveaway books.<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><i>Congratulations to the five lucky winners:<\/p>\n<p>Mari Aubuchon, KS<br \/>Robin-elyse Holcombe, CA<br \/>Stacy Lundquist, NV<br \/>Debbie Stricker, VA<br \/>Michelle Wood-Capolino, AL<\/p>\n<p>If you wanted a book and didn&#8217;t get one, do keep your eyes peeled here for future offers.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>Please keep those emails coming. I love receiving them. When I hear from you, you are no longer silent, invisible entities out there somewhere in the great beyond. The mystery gals I write to. You are real! And you live all over the place. We are everywhere! <\/p>\n<p>We really are everywhere. We have woven a wonderful web of witchy wise women across the country and beyond! <\/p>\n<p><b>What might we see, how might we act, if we saw with a webbed vision?<br \/>\nThe world seen through a web of relationships&#8230;as delicate as spider&#8217;s<br \/>\nsilk, yet strong enough to hang a bridge on.<br \/>&#8211; Catherine Keller<\/b><br \/>From <i>A Broken Web<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This cyber network of ours has evolved organically from The Queen of My Self book, from The Queen of My Self workshops, from The Queen of My Self <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Queen-of-My-Self\/298671597047?ref=ts\">Facebook page<\/a>, from this Queen of My Self blog on Beliefnet.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I am so thankful for this connection and the promise of a new and better future that it holds.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who bought books. And thanks to those who have been ordering The Queen of My Self through <a href=\"www.thequeenofmyself.com\">www.thequeenofmyself.com<\/a> and from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">Amazon.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/\">BarnesandNoble.com<\/a>. And thanks to you who have bought them at your local bookstores and made order requests to stores that did not carry them.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who invited me to bring the Queen experience to her community. Thank you to the bookstores, healing centers, yoga studios, spas and conferences that have been and continue to be generous hosts and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much to all of you who networked the workshops and other events. Many women showed up because someone who they knew in Louisiana or California or New Jersey sent them the information and urged them to attend. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who came to participate in the presentations and workshops. Thank you so much for sharing your stories with such honesty, vulnerability and inspiring strength. Not to mention great good humor.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all of you who crowned yourselves with your own presence, passion, purpose and power. You all make fabulous additions to the rapidly expanding Court of Queens and I look forward to our continued connection and interaction at future Royal Engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the subscribers of The Queen&#8217;s Chronicles and to those who follow the Facebook Queen of My Self fan page, both great communities of sensational women. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you the to angel donor Queens, who help to support all of these projects.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all you bold, confident, beautiful and authentic members of our awesome <b>Cyber Court of Kickass Queens<\/b>! <\/p>\n<p><b>It&#8217;s almost impossible for people to change alone. We need to join with others who will push us in our thinking and challenge us to do things we didn&#8217;t believe ourselves capable of. <br \/>&#8211; Frances Moore Lappe<\/b><\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:thequeenofmyself@aol.com\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I received so many emails from Queens across the country requesting a book. I am sorry that I had to stop with five giveaway books. 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