A STAR IS BORN

I recently flew to Los Angeles, California to lend a hand to my friend Andrea. She started a business called Care on Call Los Angeles, which provides child care, elder care, postpartum doula, pet sitting and house sitting services. Her home is 10 steps from the ocean and as I sit at my computer I see palm trees when I look in all four directions.  It’s a tough life, but somebody has to live it!

On Wednesday, July 19th, Andrea and I were watching Suits, my favorite television show.  Suddenly, my face flashed up on the screen! There I was, the Suits USA Network Character of the Week!  I didn’t receive any notice that this was going to happen. I barely remember visiting their site and penning my thoughts about the show, but I found the email dated June 23rd. Andrea and I were high-fiving, rewinding and playing it over and over again. It’s no small thing to see your face on national television. Then I go to their website and see it there, too. It was VERY exciting. My brother and niece in Houston saw it, and Rachel even put the news about old Aunt Glenda on her Facebook page. I certainly enjoying my 15 minutes of fame.





But here is the best part. I was surprised to see that USA Network left my blog site in my signature. Except for my small circle of friends and family, my blog gets very little traffic. It was easy to see that three people from USA Network had viewed my site on July 16th. I was named Character of the week on July 19th.  When I realized that they CHOSE to leave my blog address on their website, I excitedly exclaimed to Andrea, “And Jesus is in there!”  If my site had contained vulgarity, they would have excluded it. Since the name of Jesus can be deemed offensive to some, I was surprised and overjoyed that they included it.


Here are the audience statistics by country for people who have visited my blog since Suits aired:

United States - 1,522                 

Russia - 245                 

Germany - 97
France - 68    
Ukraine - 61
Canada - 40                  
United Kingdom - 32
Poland - 13
China - 10
Netherlands - 9

Lithuania - 7
Thailand - 7
Australia - 6

Serbia - 5           
Sweden - 5

I pray that God will use my words to reach others. I actually moved Ashley’s wreck post to the top because it’s such a powerful testimony to God’s greatness.  I’m heading home to Cincinnati this week. I’ll be happy to give you my autograph when I see you next!!!

Norma Atkins