The President visited one of my websites the other day. Okay, I don't have any proof that it was actually President Obama that visited. My husband thinks that maybe it was Michelle or one of the girls, since I had sent them a copy of my book, How to Take Care of Your Share of the Planet. Maybe it was. But someone from the "Executive Office of the President" did. It showed up in my statcounter report. Plus, right after that, someone from the Department of Homeland Security visited, so I'm thinking that both vists were legit.
In fact, so far this year, I've also gotten email messages from James Taylor's assistant, because I listed Mr. Taylor as one of my favorite nature nerds. And from Jeff Corwin's friend Anurag, because they wanted me to contribute to Corwin Connect. And from someone working with Stevie Wonder because they wanted to buy some of my domain names. At one point, Arnold Schwarzenegger was even following me on Twitter.
Sure, they are only internet connections, but they are still pretty impressive to me. Someone from the office of the president visited my website! Someone from Ted Turner's office held my book in his (or her) hand and sent me an email message. Governor Schwarzenegger was watching my tweets. Stevie Wonder and I both thought that the domain name Wondersnevercease was a really cool one.
In the end sometimes, it isn't really about who gives you financial support or says "how can I help" or passes your idea onto someone else who can get things done.
Sometimes it just helps to know that you are getting noticed.