God Winks and 5 Hearts Beat in Sync: How the #Hearties Were Born
By Susan Michael Cooper, Marisa Loffredo Corser, Camille Eide, Allyson Lapp, and Debi Watson-Bailey
How The Admin Team met is a total God-wink moment. We found each other on Twitter in February 2014 while tweeting about “When Calls The Heart” and have yet to meet in person. We live in 5 different cities across 3 different time zones. We were part of a group of a dozen like-minded women with similar feelings about the show who gravitated to one another on Twitter.
On Oscar night, March 2, we were tweeting about the Episode 9 preview, debating whether or not it was Jack’s voice asking for Elizabeth’s hand. Four hours later (No, that is NOT an exaggeration) as the Oscar credits rolled we were STILL tweeting about that one line. Yes, THAT ONE LINE. The conversation reignited on March 5, and several other fans wanted to participate. With only 140 characters at our disposal, we decided it was time to stop torturing the Twitterverse with our constant commentary and on the evening of March 5, the Facebook Group was born. We started with a handful, and because the show draws everyone it touches, we grew like a wildfire. In just 24 hours we had 500 members. Two months later, we are over 14,000 Hearties strong and growing by the day! Most importantly, we were instrumental in clinching Season 2 of our beloved show!
We feel like we have known each other, forever, and I thank God daily, for these gracious girls! I just can’t wait to meet them in person! It takes a village, but what a wonderful village it is! Thank you for getting the word out about this amazing show.
– Debi Watson-Bailey
Hearties, my fellow admins are some of the brightest, most talented, most humble, most off topic goofballs I have ever had the pleasure to “virtually” know.
– Susan Michael Cooper
Of all the blessings that “When Calls The Heart” has brought and will continue to bring, we feel that the gift of all of you and our friendships is priceless.
– Allyson Lapp
I don’t see how our meeting and pooling our various professional abilities could have been any kind of coincidence, which reinforces to me all the more that there is a bigger plan at work in the making and broadcasting of this unique and much needed show.
– Camille Eide
The Admins Team’s union is a powerful synergy of commitment to the Family TV Renaissance vision of Brian Bird and Michael Landon Jr., our deep love of the show, and our various talents. We are profoundly grateful for the #Hearties’ trust in us.
– Marisa Loffredo Corser
Thank you Debi, Susan, Allyson, Camille & Marisa for all the WORK y’all do to keep When Calls The Heart…Hearties together!!…Boaz, Alabama, USA….<3
I have watched WCTH from the very beginning and loved it. I had no idea what Twitter was but somehow found the Facebook page and enjoy it so much! I now use Twitter, Periscope and Twitter all due to our beloved program ant get enough news. Thank you team members for all you do.❤️
So very thankful that you four WCTH fans had that forever long tweet that inspired this page…. Thank you Debi for adding me long ago! I am very proud to have attended the Texas Heartie gathering at The Broken Spoke with Susan Michael Cooper…. though small in number, it was ever large in heart and spirit! ‘Looking forward to what lies ahead with your leadership and our awesome show.
These admins deal with and take on a lot! We are so greatful
For them! Thank you ladies and huge Heartie hugs to you all!😊❤️❣❣💐
Thank you so much administrators for the talents and gifts you all bring to this wonderful site of WCTH. I have never been in a site before that shows great love, enthusiasm, talent, fun and up to date information on our favorite show. I love this show as well as the news on what is going on. I am hooked as a fan. Keep up the great job!
Praying for Season Two and more years to come.
God’s riches blessings on you, your family and life!
Renee
I’m thankful for what you all do for the show, site, and #hearties.
I don’t know the FIRST thing about twitter, even tho somehow I set up an acct, I have never used, but I am so thankful that in the place and time, that God had his hand in bringing 5 wonderful like-minded women together for SUCH A TIME AS THIS… I don’t know a single soul personally in our group, only by name, but this group has been a blessing and filled the emptiness that sometimes comes with divorce and raising children on my own. I rarly do go out, so this gives me the connection to others that share in the same values that I hold true. Thank you so much, for the hard work that you do for all the “Hearties”
Yes that night God winks. I will never forget when Camille said its time to make a fan facebook group. That moment was really magic. I must admit i never thought that we would be more than 14.000 fans in only 2 months, maybe 1.000 fans but 14.000 even in my dreams.