Sometimes I Like To Write Things
I have always had a lot of things to say. The only bad thing my early report cards ever said was that it was hard to shut me up. I mean, in a nicer way, but basically. It didn't help to move my seat, because I would just have more things to say to my new neighbor. This has been a mostly good thing in my life. I studied Journalism in college, so I could disseminate my words to a larger audience. I thought listening to and passing on other people's stories sounded like a pretty awesome job. I never ended up working at the newspaper that I pictured after college. Instead, I found joy in working with children and talking to them. Kids are pretty amazing to listen to, if you actually stop and take the time. Their thoughts are unclouded by other people's information, if you get to them early enough. And there is not a better judge of character than a child. Except dogs, which is another blog post. I used my words when I up and married an Air Force pilot and we headed off to ...