“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” Today is the birthday of Sue Davis, also known as Suebob, also known as Suebob from Red Stapler, someone a lot of bloggers adore, and when I got an email asking me to post something for her birthday, something that would let her know how special she is to me, I knew exactly what I wanted to post. This is part of the Incredibly True Story of How I Went to BlogHer 2006, and the story starts with Suebob! On May 16, 2006, I had been blogging for eight months when I got an email that changed everything. Suebob (yes, SueBOB, it's been her nickname for a long time) from Red Stapler had run a contest to give away a free pass to that summer's BlogHer conference, and the winner of her contest, IzzyMom, had already purchased her ticket and wanted to give her free pass away to someone else. Izzy emailed me to see if I wanted her BlogHer ticket, … [Read more...]