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1,000,000 Users?? I had to join in on the celebration by writing this post on why I My Opera Community. I really do it here!

In December 2004 I was wondering the net aimlessly using AOL dial up internet and messenger to connect to the world and family that was out of town. When I had extra time I would mainly play games on POGO or send and receive funny emails. Occasionally I would go in search of a community other than the AOL community. I have always kept a hand written diary since I was a child and my mother recommended that I start a blog to get out my creative energy in the form of stories and poems, etc. So on the Google search engine I went in search of all things blog related. Curiously I noticed a link to Opera and ‘clicked’ on it. I half way expected Opera singers to greet me at the home page of My Opera. After peeking around the site I excitedly joined to add my thoughts and have been loving it since. What has kept me here in My Opera is the wonderful way I can store my writings and photos in the same location, separate but still together. Also the actual ‘community’ is something to cherish. I once had a (silly) dream that I was walking around a small village and at the door of each colorful home was a huge open book with everyone’s personal writings in it. I figured it made an easy way to get to know someone before knocking on their door. I noticed around the village..some walking hand in hand, some walking side by side chatting..and it dawned on me that this is Opera. As a friend told me… “I need to get off line more often.” Oh well.


I wrote this is 2006 and wanted to share.

I find it fascinating that I can meet, connect with and even love friends that I have never met in person before. Who would have thought that there would ever be a magic tool to access and talk instantly to a stranger hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles away? The internet is like a wild and uncontrolled dream come true. I appreciate and cherish the men and women of the My Opera community and other sites that I have had the pleasure of knowing. Seeing parts of their worlds and parts of their personalities is something that I will always remember and love.

In closing I have to say…I don’t demand a lot from the people of Opera, I just want to “blog and be happy” so to say. I want my friends to leave my blog feeling happy..most of the time. Being a full time stay at home mother has been made easier with connection to friends online. When I open my browser to My Opera home page, I really do feel like it is a place to call home and that is why I will continue coming back. It’s that simple.


Sarah


PS-Me when I first joined My Opera.