Vox World Tour

San Fransisco

I cherish this place, this wonderful world of creative, expressive opportunity. Vox is my second home.

 My friend Cate, known as CupCate here on Vox, invited me and I became a Beta tester. It was love at first "blog-site."

I read in an update by email that Vox is holding a contest to send two people around the world to San Fransisco, Tokyo and Paris! Normally I don't enter into contests but this time I thought, "why not? It's worth a shot. It could happen. It doesn't hurt to dream."

I've never won a contest in my life. But it's worth a try, right? If I just believe...
Actually, I'd like to use this as an opportunity to thank the creators of Vox. This site has enriched my world.

Tokyo

I thought I would try this contest because well, I love this blog site and I love writing and I have never traveled. It has been my dream to see the world, especially Paris. I am an art lover and a self-taught, freelance artist. To see Paris and perhaps the Louvre, would be a dream come true for me.

The internet has been a place of hope and discovery for me. Not only did I meet the love of my life online, but I've made friends online who have enriched my life. I have invited those friends to write and share their lives here on Vox because like them, I was searching for a place to share my life too.

Oh, I've been all over the internet. I have a Myspace account, a Hi5, a popular blog on a site called Spinchat.com. I've even been an operator in a Prince fan's chat room. I talk to people from all over the world on various chat sites. But no website has enriched my life like Vox has.

The Louvre, Paris

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The very fact I can so easily keep in touch with my friends and family, without any hassle or confusion was enough to win me over. The simplicity of this blogging site also sold me immediately. I love organization! To be able to sort my photos, my audio files and even videos, that was just a thrill for me.

I love how I can change my theme for the seasons and Holidays. I love how I can share my thoughts with music to go along. I love how Vox encourages it's bloggers to seek out other bloggers and compliment them.

I love QotD. When I'm out of ideas, this little feature always  inspires me and sparks creative thought within myself.

[this is good]
One of the best inventions in blogging history.

A simple [this is good] can really brighten someone's day and I have had the opportunity to brighten the days of many by using this wonderful phrase attached with a compliment. To help others, to encourage and lift their spirits is what I am all about. Vox was the perfect place for me from the start.

I was amazed at how fast other people found my blogs and commented on them. Other sites I have posted on have gone unnoticed, never getting a single compliment or kind word of understanding. But here on Vox, I have become a writer. I feel as though here, my thoughts do matter and I am not so insignificant as some of the other sites have made me feel.

This place makes me feel wonderful in every way.

The best thing to happen to me on Vox was when I made a post about The Three Amigos called Just for you, Daddy, dedicated to my dad.

The Three Amigos

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The Three Amigos is an 80's movie staring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short.

When I was a child, my father and I used to watch this movie together and laugh ourselves silly. It was our favorite movie. It is still my favorite movie. Some of my best childhood memories are of me and dad, watching this film.

Well, my father has been suffering from depression and life just being cruel to him. For years his spirit has been down. When I made that post to him recently and talked about what a wonderful memory it was for me, I received emails and phone calls from him thanking me in the most wonderful way. It had revived him. That post I made brought me closer to him.

He used to play his guitar and sing to me the song on that movie that Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short sang called Blue Shadows. Not long after , when I was still a girl he just stopped playing and he lost his spirit and will to play. Oh, he was and is such a talented musician. He could pick up his guitar and play anything he heard. But life and tragedy beat him down and he just stopped.

Blue Shadows

Recently, my post to him not only revived him, but it caused him to feel the spirit of the Holidays again. He has since picked up his guitar, found the chords to Blue Shadows and began to play again. When I spoke to him on the phone he said "I play for you because you are my sweetheart, I love you and you revived me by that post on Vox."

Vox has not only brought me wonderful friendships and higher self-esteem, the confidence to express myself in words,

Vox has brought me closer to my father.

If I won, I would take my father. He's always looked out for me and loved me, even now when I am 1,000 miles away in another state, living my own life. He's never taken a trip in his life, always working hard instead to provide for those he loves. He's had dreams of traveling but he's never been able to because he's had to sacrifice instead for me. I would take my father, yes, without a doubt. He and I would travel the world and be close, as father and daughter.  It would be a dream come true.

This is one of those opportunities of a lifetime, to write an essay and enter to win a contest around the world to travel with my dad, who I love with all my heart. I can't not take this opportunity to write Vox and express how much Vox has changed my life for the better. I had to submit this essay and I hope that it is considered. Vox has touched my life in such a profound way.

A trip would be a wonderful, amazing experience but just simply saying thank you for making my days brighter, giving me a second online family of wonderful friends and bringing me closer to my father is enough.

Thank you Vox!