Virtual Birthday Card

[klb]

As I turn 41, I feel lucky to have a family that I love very much and a job that I like very much. But sometimes the world can feel small when one has young kids, and one of my birthday wishes this year is to feel meaningfully connected to a community that goes beyond just family and work. So this is my virtual birthday card, and I am hoping that maybe some people would like to take a moment to write some nice things in it! If my presence in the world has improved your life in some way, it would make me feel very good to hear about it!

Comments

[eafay70]

Happy (early) birthday! You have played a big role in my podficcing journey because Pod Together always looked so cool! And then I started doing Pod Together and you make it so cool!
Also, Voiceteam! You helped bring together a whole bunch of podficcers at a time when we all needed togetherness. And in the following years, when the urgency of the need for togetherness perhaps faded, you've kept helping bring people together for chaos and fun. I am super grateful that I get to help you make that happen.
Being a mod alongside you has taught me how to manage people, time, and energy. You have an eye for detail and a memory for specifics that I can only aspire to have. Even though I don't produce a lot of podfic these days, I still feel like I have a role in the community thanks in large part to Voiceteam and you.
<3 and many happy returns, eafay70

[klb]

Thank you for this wonderful kind message that made me so happy! I really like what you said about how Voiceteam came out of a moment when there was a real shared hunger for togetherness, but in a way it was the years following that, when that shared hunger for togetherness was replaced with a much more complex set of emotions, that were more difficult to keep people together, and I do think that as a team (very much with your invaluable help) we were able to hold things together through that transition. And I'm proud of it, hearing you say it back like that!

Also thank you for the nice words about my modding. You know how much I can get emotionally wrung out by the end of a Voiceteam and end up doubting every choice I have ever made, so it is very reassuring to hear specific things pulled out that I do well, from the perspective of someone who actually sees it all behind the scenes.

Most of all, I'm glad that I've contributed to you feeling you have a role in the community, because I love having you as part of this community! What would podfic fandom be without eafay70? Let's never find out!