Me, A Mentor?

I was pleasantly surprised when I got a note from Loz of Midlife - A Journey telling me that he had an award for me. Cool I thought. A new award for a new year. I hopped over to his site to accept the award and was pretty stunned to see him award me the Blogging Mentor award. Now, that is something else. I honestly don't think I deserve any award which has the words mentor in it. It's too big a word to associate with me.


But I was thrilled nonetheless and I sincerely thank you Loz for thinking of me when it came to handing out awards. I accept this award and proudly display it here for all to see. And in return I'm going to award this Blogging Mentor Award to each and everyone in my list of blogs I really read and there are a lot more who are also not in that list yet, not because I don't read your blogs but for the simple fact of me being too lazy to update my list ... LOL! So, consider yourselves all awarded as well :)

You have all in a way shaped and made my blogging a pleasant experience and this is the least I could do short of actually making a real award for you which you all know I'm too blooming cheapskate to do ... LOL! Oh, and if you guys need the image of the actual award, click here to get it. There are two variations of the award. If you want to know what this award is all about, read what the creator of the award Sue from Blogging Sueblimely has to say about it at the bottom of this post. So, here's the honour list :

• First Time Dad
• Mumblings
• Brain Spillage
• Nonsense, Fun, Tears ...
• About Every Little Thing
• Wishing On A Falling Star
• This Is A Miracle ...
• My Sweet Escape
• Foreign Beauty
• Petty Ramblings ...
• Gypsy
• The Guru-Guru life ...
• Menopause Princess
• The Day Flew By So Fast ...
• Momma Mia, Mea Culpa
• Anonymous Boxer
• Huma B
• Brainy Bimbo
• Reality Check!
• Revellian
• The Imaginary Diva
• NafaSG
• Flying Pink Elephants
• La Delirante
• Smile! Tomorrow could be ...
• It's A New Day ...
  

I have gained so much more knowledge of blogging than I could possibly have learned just by researching the subject. This is all due to the help, support and encouragement I have received from other bloggers. I have therefore created the ‘Blogging Mentor Award‘ to recognize and thank those who help us on our path to blogging, be it encouraging and helping us to start blogging or helping us to be the best we can, once we have started.

Unlike most awards, it is not necessary to have received it yourself to be able to pass it on to others. It is free for anyone to use; anyone who wishes to say thank you to their own blog mentors. All that I ask is that you include a mention and link to my Blog Mentor Page. This way I can compile lists of those who have been generous enough to give the award and those who have received it, giving them recognition myself by some back links

What prompted me to create the award was reading that January is National Mentoring Month.in the USA. This is an initiative spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, with the aim of recruiting volunteer mentors to help young people achieve their full potential. The US ‘Thank Your Mentor Day™’ is dedicated to thanking or honoring individuals who have guided us and had a lasting impact on our lives.

Although the Blogging Mentor award is not restricted for use in January’s Mentoring Month, ‘Thank your Mentor Day‘ may be a particularly good time to use it. The date for 2008 is 24th January.

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