It all started in April as stressful wedding plans culminated into beautiful nuptials in Charleston, SC on May 1:
my middle son and his new bride
Then as soon as we returned home, I had to:
1) motivate my youngest son to fulfill his graduation responsibilities and help him get ready for his PROM!
2) reign in the seniors that I teach for their last days and do little gifts for them
3) finish organizing and planning my son's graduation party
4) go to 2 graduations - one where I teach, then my son's
5) finalize, set up, and finally enjoy my son's grad party -- to close the month on Memorial Day!
Not to mention, while all those major events were going on, I attended baseball games, awards dinners, senior night, emptied my classroom for summer, printed pictures, had a few crying sessions, and scrounged up time to get some regular chores done... And now, it's June. I can't believe I survived!
As I embark on summer break, I hope to find a spark to write. I've caught glimpses of poems floating around in my head, possibly lyrics, or maybe even a short story... I'm wishful thinking!
Hope you are enjoying warmer weather and sunnier days.
And may you find inspiration among the mundane madness!
I plan to visit around the blogs this summer - it's been too long!
Always ahead of me
leaving me behind
ever in my sight
I jog to catch up
I reach for her
I want to slow her down
Her hand disintegrates
in mine
and she keeps walking
at that same
steady
pace
not too slow
not too fast
May was the season for graduations. Seeing so many around me grow up and move on, I've been reminiscing about when they were little, running around on firefly-filled summer nights with flashlights playing Ghost in the Graveyard while we parents had a grand old time not having to pay attention to them... Good times.
I just took my big boys on a college visit. I only have them for one and two more years. It's hard to fathom. I don't feel any older, mentally. But I sure feel it when I wake up in the morning with my shoulder out of whack or my hand goes numb from blow-drying my hair. Does anyone else groan every time they get up out of a comfy chair?
Soon I'll be fifty years old... ah!
Which brings me to my Insecure Writer's Support Group post - If I ever lose my mind, I'd want to be put out of my ignorant misery. (You know what I mean, I'm already crazy!)
Today I'm not complaining. With summer here, I have many more opportunities to write and have written more this past week than the past two months, though I have been busy like a bee in a botanical garden. And I have so much waiting to be written, so many ideas and new ones all the time. I know there are many of you out there like me with lots of stories to write and little time to write them. I also know the slow pace can be a discourager in itself. So this month, this summer, I implore you to keep at it! Let's reach some writing goals - and be proud for any word counts or editing we can get done!
Make it a summer of accomplishments. I'll be checking in!
And NOW THIS!
At the end of the school year, I was so excited that one of my young fans got a group of friends to do their book club project on BROKEN BRANCH FALLS! And for part of their project they made a cute little commercial for it! (I hope it plays!) I was also invited to answer questions with their group - it was awesome! Times like that are what makes it all worth every painstaking moment!
That's what it's all about for me - getting kids excited about reading.
So what will you accomplish this summer? Because you can do it! I know you can!
