I am tapping away on my laptop this morning in the one, tiny patch of shade in a corner of our backyard. My two tow-heads and one golden-haired girl are dancing in a glittering spray of water asking for snacks though they’ve just had their breakfast. And I am distracted and wrestling with this word, “beyond.” We’ve written this word before, and I struggled with it then.
I consider cashing it in—not posting today, or simply posting a link to the old words—but that feels like cheating. The laundry is laundering and the children are playing, so I decide to push. Though I don’t feel like floundering around in messy writing today, I will. Because some days, that’s what Five Minute Friday is about.
Even so, today was a hot mess of jumbled words that will go in the archives of my Word documents, but not the blog. Some days, no amount of push and will is enough to make a sensible post of a non-coherent stream of consciousness. Some days, you try to Tim Gunn the crap outta that prompt, but you just can’t make it work.
So today, my dear fellow word designers, I am out.
Auf Wiedersehen. Kiss. Kiss.
Clean up the workspace and better luck next time…
Yet you write.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's honest.
True.
Correct.
So it is a victory. You put thoughts to sentences, sentences to space, and honesty to light.
I very much enjoyed reading this. I commend you sister. Keep the eye on the prize, and allow yourself the breaks. :)
Really good post.
ReplyDeleteI always look for your icon because I enjoy reading your words...no matter the thoughts that spill out. This post is good because it is real and all of us can identify with it. I enjoyed pics of your kids on a summer day!
ReplyDeleteHaha!! I just love your posts. It is funny because I think the ones you think are a jumble of nonsense are the very pieces that we all relate to and appreciate. You write with color and with much fervor.
ReplyDeleteYour words are as refreshing as the water that splashes in your pictures. Glad to see you still wrote through the post, friend.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, those days when you just unload verbal huh??? onto the pages. I had that reaction when the prompt was Expectation. I still posted but it felt like I just couldn't make it into anything and I had absolutely no reaction to it except staring at the screen. Oh well, the habit of doing it is what makes us writers, not necessarily the end product. LOL. Thanks for sharing your thoughts here anyway, it's good to know I'm not alone when I just can't make the words work.
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