One

One little snowdrop - that's the way I celebrate the one-year anniversary of Sharon Daily Photo? Yes - bear with me for a moment and you'll see why. It's all about the number one.

One flower blooming - this is the first of the year, it just opened today. It's the beginning, the harbinger of change and growth. When I started this blog one year ago, I was stuck and I was sad.

One person showed me a way forward: Eric, of Paris, gave me an idea, a brilliant one, a manageable one.

One photo - one a day. I didn't think I could "be an artist" or a photographer, but I could do one photo a day - even I, stuck and sad, busy and overwhelmed, could manage that.

One step - we never know, do we, when we take that first step, where it will lead? I used to be frightened of not knowing - I couldn't take a step if I wasn't sure it would get me where I wanted to go, and I didn't even know where that was. So of course I was paralyzed, unable to take even one step.

One friend, and then another, and another - to all of you: Lisi and Edwin, Kris and Chris, Pierre and Olivier, Dsole and Jing, Ham and Meg, Ruth and Ani and Stewart, Maxx/Rick and Janet and so many more - each time you came to visit and left just one positive comment, you encouraged me to take one more photo, for one more day.

One year - one year later, so much has changed. So much growth, so much blooming. It's spring again, and I have one flower blooming in my garden. This time, I know for sure, that it will be followed by many many more.