(From Word Press)
May 16, 2014 9:02 am
(From Word Press)
The email from Angie two days ago did not make me happy.
My blogging friend from Kentucky again was having trouble with her WordPress account. That’s putting it mildly. “WordPress hates me,” she wrote. “I’ve had to reset my password two times in the last two hours and none of them are working just like the last time, so I’m outta here.”
Last year, Angie got blocked out after the first few months at her first attempt in the WP blog world of ours. I noticed she was gone. I wrote a couple of emails to the WP help desk, asking them to contact her to see if they might be able to check if there were any solvable problems keeping her from sharing her thoughts with the world.
The solution then was for her to set up an entirely new blog account.
Angie bought her domain and forked over some dollars.
She’s retired. She named her blog “Train Wrecks” because she uses one of those mobility chairs to get around. Did I mention that Angie is battling MS? Or that one night in the 70s, she and her sister were enlisted to sing backup for Lynyrd Skynyrd? Or that they were offered a recording contract for Arista Records? Or that her favorite food is a concoction called burgoo?
It’s been fun reading Angie’s blog. She’s written every day, a mix between tales about her brothers, and her grands, and her battle to regain her health, and the odd management at the complex where she lives, and the more odd politicos who run her city, and tender tales of her huge family growing up.
A couple of weeks ago, Angie snuck in a line that said she’d gotten up out of that chair and walked around her apartment, for the first time in a very long while. I am convinced writing this blog has helped her frame of mind.
When I received that first email, I asked Angie to sleep on her decision.
Yesterday morning came: “I’m just too tired to fight it anymore. … It’s the same story as last time, and it took three or four months that time. No more comebacks.”
Damn.
I do not have any idea where the problem lies. I am far from a computer expert as I type out this story on my iPad with bluetooth keyboard. I do have Angie’s email, obviously, if there are any of you out there who feel that you may be able to talk her through the locked WP password process. If she’d even be willing to listen and give it a shot, that is. She is a fighter, though. Of that I am convinced.
Here’s the link to Angie’s blog. Go in there and see what I mean about this interesting lady. If it’s the last stuff she writes for us, the more eyes, the better.
To me, Angie is what blogging is supposed to be about, a woman who’s lived a big, full life wanting to share what she knows, what she wishes she knew, what she thinks she’ll learn, what we may discover from everything she’s gone through.
If there is another comeback in her, the world should be her audience.
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Mark, you are a good man.
I am going to her blog now.
Thanks for sharing (and caring)
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By LAMarcom on May 17, 2014 at 7:17 pm
Mark, you are a very caring person to reach out and try to help Angie. It’s frustrating when things don’t work as we expect. For me, at work, I’ve found any computer problems I had were easily resolved by someone who knew just what to do.
I am delighted to read that Angie will be back online Sunday. I clicked over to check out her blog and am following it now.
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By earthriderjudyberman on May 17, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Great news all around. Thanks, Judy!
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By markbialczak on May 17, 2014 at 10:18 pm
i love her blog too and see that she has had a second wind. so kind and thoughtful of you to help in any way you can, but that is clearly your nature. i’ll be happy to see her back )
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By ksbeth on May 17, 2014 at 11:59 am
A victory for we readers, Beth!
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By markbialczak on May 17, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Wow! Thanks for sharing. Her first post gave me chills.
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By maurnas on May 17, 2014 at 9:06 am
Angie has commented that she will be back with a new blog on Sunday. Hooray! I’m glad I led you to her work, Marunas.
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By markbialczak on May 17, 2014 at 9:36 am
You should totally take full credit for her triumphant return.
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By maurnas on May 17, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Aww, that’s so sad! I hope she changes her mind and that the WordPress Powers That Be can get her set up with no more problems. 😦
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By rachelcarrera on May 16, 2014 at 11:43 pm
She posted a comment saying she started a new blog and will be back up and writing by Sunday, Rachel. Angie couldn’t not write!
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 11:54 pm
Awesome! I hope you’ll give us the link when she’s up again. I didn’t follow her before because I didn’t know about her, but from what I saw once you directed me there, she sounds like a fun and amazing gal. 🙂
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By rachelcarrera on May 17, 2014 at 12:06 am
I will post again when she’s up and running, Rachel. Thanks for reminding me that it would be a good idea.
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By markbialczak on May 17, 2014 at 12:15 am
🙂
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By rachelcarrera on May 17, 2014 at 12:16 am
Hey everyone. It’s not completely set up yet, but I have started a new blog and will never ever change the password for any reason again. Haven’t even put my gravatar up yet, but it will still be Kentucky Angel’s Train Wrecks, and hope to have it designed by Sunday, Monday at the latest. It’s amazing what a couple of nights of sleep will do for morale. And finally completely out of the last relapse, so I’m enjoying an energy spurt right now and want to get it all out. Now to find a cure for allergies!!!!!
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By agw2536 on May 16, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Angie! Wow and yow and holy cow! This is great and fantastic news. I will be on the lookout.
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 11:31 pm
Did you find it Mark? I’ve been working on getting it up, but it’s a lot like work this time. Stopping for the night, and back at it tomorrow. See ya Sunday!!!!!!
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By agw2536 on May 17, 2014 at 1:23 am
That’s so sad! It sounds like she has a voice that should be heard. I have a friend whose MS is progressively eating away at her life. She wants to start a blog and I have been encouraging her to do so. I will check out her blog.
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By brickhousechick on May 16, 2014 at 3:43 pm
Blogging is a great way to get the feelings out, as we know, Mrs. B. Keep encouraging your friend. I hope Jeanette can help Angie find a solution to the password problem.
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 4:01 pm
You’re a great person for writing this. I’m definitely going to do some reading.
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By Christopher S. Malone on May 16, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Thanks, Chris. Jeanette says she will try to help Angie. Fingers crossed.
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 2:40 pm
I missed that particular post from her. It makes me sad, she writes incredibly well. Tough news.
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By peacelovegreatcountrymusic on May 16, 2014 at 11:46 am
She sent me an email saying she couldn’t get on to her WordPress account anymore. Jeanette (Not a Punk Rocker) is going to try to help her fix matters via email. Stay tuned PLGCM!
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 11:56 am
She is a fantastic blogger Mark, I miss her too
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By irenedesign2011 on May 16, 2014 at 10:12 am
I did send her a message by her blog Mark
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By irenedesign2011 on May 16, 2014 at 10:18 am
That’s great, Irene!
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 10:36 am
Wish I was a techie so I could help, she sounds like a fantastic lady.
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By laflor5233 on May 16, 2014 at 9:59 am
Thank you, Dora. We need bloggers of all nations, states, ages, genders, orientations, viewpoints … Yes, we do.
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 10:10 am
Well wp may be a pain in the ass at times, but she is lucky to have a friend like you rallying support!
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By Ali Isaac on May 16, 2014 at 9:57 am
Let’s hope that this WP quirk can be overcome. Thanks, Ali!
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 10:11 am
I will have a look and say hello, for sure! Bummer, Man. Keep going, Amy!
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By Audrey Dawn - Oldest Daughter Redheaded Sister on May 16, 2014 at 9:55 am
Thanks, Audrey. Let’s turn bummer to beautiful.
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 10:12 am
I will do just that after work today, Mark. I feel like spreading some sunshine. 🙂
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By Audrey Dawn - Oldest Daughter Redheaded Sister on May 16, 2014 at 11:36 am
Wish I could help- if you start a petition I would be more than willing to sign it… I am so new to the blogging world and WordPress that I literally am at a loss as to how to help her…
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By onehindu on May 16, 2014 at 9:33 am
You are a great addition to our WP world, my friend. I am in the process right now of hopefully helping Angie through a volunteer right here!
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 9:39 am
That’s awesome news- I have already started following her in the hopes that she is encouraged by more followers 🙂
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By onehindu on May 16, 2014 at 9:41 am
🙂
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 10:14 am
I will check out her blog, Mark. Hopefully, together, we can change her tipping point into a God wink. Please email me if there is anything I can do to help. Fingers crossed. ❤ ~Karen~
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By drapersmeadow4 on May 16, 2014 at 9:27 am
Thank you, Karen. What we need to find is somebody who has gone through a similar WordPress password sign on problem and can get Angie through it in a snap, perhaps?
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 9:34 am
I hope she stays, too, Mark. Thank you for this post.
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By Ann Koplow on May 16, 2014 at 9:15 am
I’m kind of at a loss at how to help, Ann. If only a WordPress person could talk to her on the phone with her computer on …
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 9:20 am
I think you have done a wonderful thing, Mark, by giving useful information to people who might be able to help.
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By Ann Koplow on May 16, 2014 at 9:40 am
Jeanette has offered to try, already, Ann. I like our family every day, encouraged consistently. … Even though one of WP’s quirks is scrambling the Community and Follow thumbnail rail photos so frequently and thoroughly …
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 10:19 am
I stopped by her site and read a couple of posts. That is a hard thing, when you get frustrated beyond your breaking point. WP has given me some trouble, but nothing like that. Winston Churchill told us to never give up, but sometimes you’re just tired tired tired. I hope she’ll reconsider, too.
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By kerbey on May 16, 2014 at 9:13 am
Thanks, Kerbey. Her last few memoir posts, she’s been busting out. She wanted me to tell people why she was gone from WP. I guess maybe I took it a step past that, as I am capable of if left to my own devices …
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 9:22 am
I had noticed she was gone again, but I figured some things were going on offline and I didn’t mean to pry. She has been a great friend almost immediately to me. I do hope she changes her mind
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By NotAPunkRocker on May 16, 2014 at 9:04 am
Do you have enough computer gee-whiz to maybe discover what she might be doing wrong in the password process? Maybe this happens a lot and there’s an easy bypass? I just don’t know, Jeanette.
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 9:28 am
Maybe. I have had multiple accounts on here so I can surely try…
I don’t communicate with her off of WP, can you relay my info to her?
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By NotAPunkRocker on May 16, 2014 at 9:36 am
I can. I will send her your email and tell her you have volunteered to talk her through a fix. Thank you!
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By markbialczak on May 16, 2014 at 9:38 am