I'M A VIRGIN

Be gentle folks. This is my first time.

Have you ever noticed how what we call luck or chance never is; how after a period of time has passed we realize that it was meant to be. Even some of the bad things that happen to us can turn out for the best. I guess that’s where they got the saying ‘Every cloud has a silver lining.’

I began using a computer for my writing in October of 1997 and soon after my kids started begging me to hook onto the Internet. I dragged my feet like they were made of lead. I had absolutely no interest in the World Wide Web, and I could see myself begging them to let me on to use my word processor. But soon the little beggars got the best of me and I relented, but we had a SCHEDULE! And they had to sign in. They could trade their time slots with each other and no squabbling – and especially no bringing me into it! Well … if you’re a parent you know what happened. But then even a stranger thing happened. I loved the Internet!

Not only did I love it, but I became adept at it. I learned to do things – usually by having something go wrong – that my daughter paid to learn. And I had fun!

Now almost ten years later I have only one kid still at home and I get the computer almost exclusively. My husband bless his heart is almost completely computer illiterate. He won’t even answer emails. I have to do it for him. And he still hand writes long letters to relatives.

My latest Internet adventure was to open my own eStore. More on that next time.

Now I am no longer a Blog virgin. And that didn’t hurt a bit!