Assignment #2
What is one thing you are wanting to get down into words?
Well, this, of course goes along with my IDEA binge... a vomit of words I have scattered about on bits of paper. I have notes on my phone, scribbles on church bulletins in my purse, paragraphs penned in a plethora of journals...and still my mind won't slow down!
Bird by Bird- by Anne Lamott has been an awesome book for me to read in this season-- she says that first she has to get it all DOWN on paper, then she has to fix it all UP (and generally throw out half of it!) In fact, I keep writing things here, then deleting it all-- it all seems too raw and messy to actually share with you (I'm not even sure who "you" are- but "you" are not my mom- who has endless words of encouragement for me and so I suppose that fear and doubt has left me a bit paralyzed.) But, I'm just going to take one day at a time, one word at a time, and one idea at a time.
I have so many stories swirling around in my brain. Pictures of me- not literal photographs- but pictures of scenes that I need to dig for the words to describe. Memories- things I don't want to forget that somehow formed me. Dream- things I am driven towards that I don't want to somehow lose in these details of life.
I want to share about how parenting has completely "undone" me-- and yet, been the most significant thing that I could do.
I want to share about being a pastor's wife- authentically- and also having my own unique gifts and call to ministry.
I want to share about justice, and hope and all the tears that flow for the broken world we live in and for the kids who have experienced life unlike anything I've ever known.
I want to face my own brokenness and somehow articulate this "beautiful mess" called Missy- who struggles with anxiety and depression.
I want to share about the journey of adoption and my feelings of being completely inadequate.
I want to help and encourage and bring a smile to someone's face.
I want to give the characters in my mind the time to become an actual story. Maybe historical fiction?
I want to write stories that would inspire my 10 year old boy to hurry home and curl up with his favorite book - again. And, stories that my 6 year old daughter could actually read and she would feel confident reading new words and also it would mean just a bit more than "Run, Sally, Run."
I want to observe, and listen and learn and write things that are real and true and give voice to that same human rumbling in all of us.
I have been reading (like 10 books at one time!) and, instead of taking the time to sit at the computer and just WRITE, I keep opting to cuddle up in the quiet of my bed and read. So, in the meantime, all of these ideas are just "stuck" up in my head- and now they just need to come out here... eventually!
What is one thing you are wanting to get down into words?
Well, this, of course goes along with my IDEA binge... a vomit of words I have scattered about on bits of paper. I have notes on my phone, scribbles on church bulletins in my purse, paragraphs penned in a plethora of journals...and still my mind won't slow down!
Bird by Bird- by Anne Lamott has been an awesome book for me to read in this season-- she says that first she has to get it all DOWN on paper, then she has to fix it all UP (and generally throw out half of it!) In fact, I keep writing things here, then deleting it all-- it all seems too raw and messy to actually share with you (I'm not even sure who "you" are- but "you" are not my mom- who has endless words of encouragement for me and so I suppose that fear and doubt has left me a bit paralyzed.) But, I'm just going to take one day at a time, one word at a time, and one idea at a time.
I have so many stories swirling around in my brain. Pictures of me- not literal photographs- but pictures of scenes that I need to dig for the words to describe. Memories- things I don't want to forget that somehow formed me. Dream- things I am driven towards that I don't want to somehow lose in these details of life.
I want to share about how parenting has completely "undone" me-- and yet, been the most significant thing that I could do.
I want to share about being a pastor's wife- authentically- and also having my own unique gifts and call to ministry.
I want to share about justice, and hope and all the tears that flow for the broken world we live in and for the kids who have experienced life unlike anything I've ever known.
I want to face my own brokenness and somehow articulate this "beautiful mess" called Missy- who struggles with anxiety and depression.
I want to share about the journey of adoption and my feelings of being completely inadequate.
I want to help and encourage and bring a smile to someone's face.
I want to give the characters in my mind the time to become an actual story. Maybe historical fiction?
I want to write stories that would inspire my 10 year old boy to hurry home and curl up with his favorite book - again. And, stories that my 6 year old daughter could actually read and she would feel confident reading new words and also it would mean just a bit more than "Run, Sally, Run."
I want to observe, and listen and learn and write things that are real and true and give voice to that same human rumbling in all of us.
I have been reading (like 10 books at one time!) and, instead of taking the time to sit at the computer and just WRITE, I keep opting to cuddle up in the quiet of my bed and read. So, in the meantime, all of these ideas are just "stuck" up in my head- and now they just need to come out here... eventually!