Thanks to Minxi Mimi for this wonderful award!    Let me just say that I got this like a week ago and I’ve actually put a LOT of thought into not only who to give it too, but what it means.  I’d like to share it, so….if you are in any of my blogrolls (there’s two lists in the sidebar), I invite you to take this award with you.   The Marie Antoinette Award.

Marie Antoinette Award

The rules are:
1) Please add the Marie Antoinette award photo on your blog
2) Place a link to the person from whom you received the award
3) Nominate 7 exceptional blogs to receive the award
4) Put the links to those blogs on your blog
5) Leave a message on their blogs to tell them they are the chosen ones!

Now, this is the first time I actually did research having to do with an award, but I was intrigued. Marie Antoinette. Hmmmm. I knew she lived a lavish life and was beheaded. Why’s there an award with her in it?

Most people think she was a ‘great indulger’,  but don’t know about her actual life. (me included)

Among many other achievements/accomplishments….The Queen was a patron of the Maison Philanthropique, a society which helped the aged, blind and widows.  She taught her daughter to wait upon the peasant children, sacrifice her Christmas gifts (to buy fuel and blankets for the poor) and bring baskets of food to the sick.  She started a home for un-wed mothers at the royal palace and adopted 3 poor children to raise as her own as well as over seeing the upbringing of several needy children. 

The Queen also spoke her mind and minced no words, and brought attention to the wrongs around her.  She had high moral standards, for herself, her children and those in her presence.  In fact, she reformed the court by making them reform to higher moral standards.  (we could of used her in DC)

During the famine of 1787-88 she sold much of her flatware to buy grain for the people and herself ate cheap barley bread so she could give more money to the poor.  The Queen and King’s kindness stopped only when they were jailed in 1792 and were executed.

So, you see, I’ve put a lot of thought into this one.  In fact, I’ve spent the last week updating my blogrolls in anticipation of posting this award.   I’ve weeded out the roll, and added many to it that I visit frequently.  Blogs that I feel are worthy recipients of the Marie Antoinette award.  So if you’d like it, grab it and know that someone thinks you’re blog is special, and definately in the spirit of Marie.

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