dear Nik,
I don't know what to say, all I can think of right now is that old cliché:
When one door closes, another opens. (except we use windows, in this case)
I am so glad that you are thinking about building another window....to let some light in...and I've got tons of WINDEX ® to help you keep it polished and shined to let some sunshine in...
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Originally Posted by Alffe
Wow! I hope you are posting this in the Altzheimers forum also NikKi...it is so very heartfelt, so agonizing..and so familiar.  I loved what you are teaching us about holding on to the past and losing the now. Such a lesson there for us all.  |
ditto on that sentiment, dear woman!!
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Originally Posted by Kitty
Like others have said many times - you should write a book. You absolutely have a special talent. Thanks for being you! |
and thank you for being you, kitty!
I have to be absolutely honest...I always feel like I don't write good enough...
I don't write like other writers...I took a writers' workshop years ago and I walked away frustrated and angered because I couldn't do a lot of what the workshop suggested...I just don't think that way...(the way they taught it)
I only then realized later on that everyone has their own way of writing...
I would call mine kind of a lazy style...I am lazy in editing, I am lazy with my language, and I always feel like I don't write everything that I am thinking about...
I drive myself crazy as I write, I have no script nor brain storm. Everything just comes out as I type. I do try to go back to edit my grandma(grammar) but then I get to the point of too lazy and then just forget about it. LOL
I am always very flattered whenever someone would think that I write "well" and I really am humbled....because I know that I always will have room for improvement...maybe I have progressed...
(thank you to those that think I write well, I am really honored and flattered!! I'll keep on trying....
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Originally Posted by ewizabeth
Moi, you are so special.  That girl was the lucky one. I'm glad it was a good time in a bad time, we all need those and remember the details, because it's like a lifeline.
I remember my first college English class, which I dropped after two sessions. The teacher announced that it would be "a cold day in hell" before anyone got an "A" in his class.
I was envious of a girl in the class from a wealthy family. She had everything she wanted, including self confidence.
She got a not so good grade on her first paper. The assignment had been to buy a lemon at the grocery store, then write two pages about that lemon.
I wrote three pages, lol. When the teacher was handing back the papers, he looked at me for a few seconds, like he was studying me. I had an "A" on that paper and several comments, but dropped the class because my car quit working and I didn't have a way to class.
That look stayed with me. The little things mean a lot sometimes. |
awwwww, wizzy!! You are right, the little things DO mean a lot sometimes....
it doesn't surprise me that you got an "A"....I remember your typology test, aren't you in that 1%-tile with Einstein??
that girl from the wealthy family with the self-confidence....I'll bet a rat's left popsicle that she would have one time or another, suffered from some sort of low self-esteem....and if she did, I hope she got over it.
And maybe by the time you met her, she was aware of herself and on the path of self-love...
and that's good...
You're pretty special yourself, wiz....you're funny and you've always supported the moisses with your love and caring thoughts...we thank you so very much!
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I kept on coming back to this post myself, not because I am trying to promote it...but it just kept me thinking about the "walls"
I know many of us have probably have conversations that involve "breaking down" another person's walls...
and I am wondering for myself, that in the future, if I get involve in such a conversation, that I'll just say, "instead of breaking down his/her wall, let's build him/her some windows..."
because for me, I don't ever want my walls knocked or broken down...just give me some windows, eh?
for the broom