It has officially been one year since I have joined this awesome website. When I first joined, I had no intentions of staying. I joined the first arrowhead forum I saw, just to ask one question. When I got my question answered, I hung around. I started to look at peoples finds, got to see Ron Kelleys knapping, and saw how friendly everybody was.
Before I joined, I had no forum experience. I didn't do Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, MySpace, YourSpace, WeTube or YouTube, and I still don't. I only had two friends for a short while, but then they moved recently. I have been a home schooled kid for most of my life, and besides my brother, I never had any kids to talk to. I was always hanging out wth the grownups. It wasn't a bad thing, but I began to get lonely. When I joined, I could learn, and make friends at the same time. I felt like I was a part of something, and I was included in a group. Forgive my sentimental side of this story. I live in a semi-financially challenged family. My dad is a kidney transplant patient, so we usually don't go anywhere or go on vacations. My family has it's ups and downs, and whether you guys knew it or not, you were helping me cope with troubles.
When I first joined, I was scared silly about talking to strangers online. I had heard so many bad things about online fraud, stalkers and maniacs. When Jay contacted me the first month I joined to offer a flintknapping trade, my first thought was to avoid like the plague. But after a very short while, I knew everybody on here wouldn't hurt a fly, and I began to become friends with many of you. I accepted Jay's offer, I began to PM some people without worrying about cyber attacks, and became more comfortable.
I saw Ron Kelley's flintknapping posts, and then I began to knap arrowheads myself. Now, I have traded and sold arrowheads in several different states, and all the way over to Europe. It's fun, relaxing, and did I say fun? It was surprisingly easy to learn, and I still learn something each time I remove a flake.
I became a permanent fix on here when I found my first arrowhead. I was so excited about that, and y'all still see it from time to time. Since then, I have found a few more artifacts. I hope to find more.
When I began to do more and more research on Native American cultures, I began to write about them on here. I haven't done my little history topics in a while, but I have several of them planned for very soon.
I am glad to be on here, and I thank all of you who have helped me, offered me guidance and correction, and those of you who have became friends with me. I hope to meet you guys in the future!
Thank you Arrowheads.com!
Before I joined, I had no forum experience. I didn't do Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, MySpace, YourSpace, WeTube or YouTube, and I still don't. I only had two friends for a short while, but then they moved recently. I have been a home schooled kid for most of my life, and besides my brother, I never had any kids to talk to. I was always hanging out wth the grownups. It wasn't a bad thing, but I began to get lonely. When I joined, I could learn, and make friends at the same time. I felt like I was a part of something, and I was included in a group. Forgive my sentimental side of this story. I live in a semi-financially challenged family. My dad is a kidney transplant patient, so we usually don't go anywhere or go on vacations. My family has it's ups and downs, and whether you guys knew it or not, you were helping me cope with troubles.
When I first joined, I was scared silly about talking to strangers online. I had heard so many bad things about online fraud, stalkers and maniacs. When Jay contacted me the first month I joined to offer a flintknapping trade, my first thought was to avoid like the plague. But after a very short while, I knew everybody on here wouldn't hurt a fly, and I began to become friends with many of you. I accepted Jay's offer, I began to PM some people without worrying about cyber attacks, and became more comfortable.
I saw Ron Kelley's flintknapping posts, and then I began to knap arrowheads myself. Now, I have traded and sold arrowheads in several different states, and all the way over to Europe. It's fun, relaxing, and did I say fun? It was surprisingly easy to learn, and I still learn something each time I remove a flake.
I became a permanent fix on here when I found my first arrowhead. I was so excited about that, and y'all still see it from time to time. Since then, I have found a few more artifacts. I hope to find more.
When I began to do more and more research on Native American cultures, I began to write about them on here. I haven't done my little history topics in a while, but I have several of them planned for very soon.
I am glad to be on here, and I thank all of you who have helped me, offered me guidance and correction, and those of you who have became friends with me. I hope to meet you guys in the future!
Thank you Arrowheads.com!
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