Okay...so my uncle says he likes my writing because it sounds like I'm having a conversation. I am. With you! And I blame my mother. While I was growing, when things weren't going well, or I was in a pickle or in a quandary over something, my mother would say things like, "You better have a long talk with yourself". Basically telling me to kick myself in the ass. Over the years I've found that I am often the only one who will listen to me. And sometimes even I tune me out.
But I have fine-tuned the ability to converse with no one. And perhaps that will serve me well here. As I write, I am speaking these words in my head. So, although you can't tell, I re-write some sentences several times and delete some completely. I should have been a professional proof-reader! Thats my mother's fault, too.
Its funny the things I see my children doing that I used to complain that I had picked up from my mom! My daughter spent years complaining that I was ALWAYS early to everything. "It isn't cool!!", she would whine. Now, she complains when others are late. And it is such a pet peeve to her! And grammar!! My mother would correct mine incessantly...as I did to my children...and now my oldest child does it to her classmates! Isn't family great?
I have often wondered about joining a Toast Masters organization but typically talk myself out of it as not having the skill those members have. Truth is, you never know until you try. So, maybe some day I'll give it a try. In the meantime, I'll just keep talking virtually.
Karey, My father spent years in Toastmasters and credited it for really helping him develop confidence and speaking skills along with leadership and management. If you could have heard his West Virginia accent before he started Toastmasters, you would just die laughing. Anyway, Toastmaster doesn't require skill, it teaches skills. So give it a try!
ReplyDeleteI will check it out!
ReplyDeleteI blame my mother for lots of stuff too, but mainly, I blame her for how awesome my life is. I, too, have conversations with myself, long ones, and think "Man, I should write that down, I'll bet someone would dig that, too." But then I get distracted and find myself in some marathon game of solitaire while watching Law and Order and forget all about it. When I read your stuff I feel like, ok, at least KAREY wrote it down and now I don't have to. Thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I find you a kindred soul! I do marathon solitaire games too!! Send me some topic ideas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for being you!