Family Ties

I just got a comment on the blog from my cousin, Geoff, telling me about his blog and saying how good it was to find another blogger in the family.

I don't think I've seen Geoff for 20 years - I see his sister, Charm, on Facebook all the time, and get e-mails from his oldest sister, Fiddy. I even met up with his brother Myles a while ago and heard all about his escape from the tsunami in Thailand. But I've not made contact with Geoff since his Mom's funeral.

So to find another blogger "in the family" as he said, is a special treasure. Blogging is becoming a way of life for me - a chance to write and rediscover the "me" that sometimes gets buried under the busy-ness of everyday life. The blogs I write for work are valuable, but the personal blog is about expressing myself and my take on this funny old world.

But even better, is finding the heart of the friends whose blogs I follow. Somehow, blogging is like a diary but better - in a diary you just say anything - and don't have to think. But in a blog, I need to think a little in case what I say is not really for public consumption. So it becomes a way of refining and deepening my thoughts, and somehow, making them more complex. Reading a blog gives me a glimpse of the person writing in a unique and special way.

So now I have a chance to re-connect and to connect in a different way with Geoff. It makes me feel excited and like I'm setting out on an adventure. family ties are special and I welcome the chance to deepen them.

Thanks for signing in, Geoff. be sure I will be following you too.