I probably won’t have time to blog today.
And I’m glad.

I remember the thrill of starting this blogging adventure last year, the wonder, the newness, the amazement and the fun of it. I remember all to well the complete frustration with technical aspects. :^)
Martin Roth is a peer and there has never been a cross or disrespectful word between us. He got me on my blogging feet by honouring and celebrating our differences and our sameness and I moved on to my own space with a solid sense of foundation that would soon be tested to it’s core.

Today I shall get to vicariously capture why I went into this in the first place….to help others bloggers.
It sounds so simple, and sometimes it has been so hard.

My experience is unique. Four countries, five blogs, and three servers for my own blog. I have had to go against what I was raised to think. “Don’t rely on strangers.” The people that raised me were wrong on that one. They were always wrong on that one.

I felt and believed I had found a place in the blogosphere….then misunderstandings, miscommunication, losses, a feeling of devestation and genuine grief. Inbetween the shock and rebuilding was a quiet strong thread of real people reaching out to help, trying to understand me, the person behind this blog. I was a stranger and they took me in.

I haven’t quite regained my sense of place and today I shall, face to face, honour my commitment to help another blogger.

I will not scorn his excitement, his awe, his growing awareness, his questions, his lack of technical expertise, his frustrations. I shall honour his wonder and be patient when he stumbles, and respect our diversity. He will not be shunned or mocked as a stranger.

Vital Signs is brand new. I have no idea how Bill will do in his blogging, but I am so very glad I get to walk along side as he sets out. I shall enjoy being humbled by newness again.