on the power of showing up
note: I wrote this post in April of 2019 (pre-COVID). It's been sitting in my drafts for quite a while, but I think it's time for it to see the light of day. It's been helpful for me to reread over the past few months, especially as I continue to try to make an effort to write, and I hope it can be helpful to you, too. i got an invite to a writers' group a few months ago, and i had never felt like more of a fraud in my life. it had been months, if not years, since i'd felt like a writer. the proverbial well of words in my heart had dried up, it seemed, and i wasn't sure if it was ever coming back. i agreed to go out of a sense of helplessness—i'd identified as a writer ever since i could remember. if i'm not a writer, who am i? i told myself that it was important to show up and act like a writer even when i didn't feel like one, because even though i hadn't been writing, i reassured myself, i still was a writer. but sometimes the words f
*cracks up* That was unexpected! Wow. That's funny, I don't like swishing my milk, but I'll swish my water sometimes. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove,
~Half-Pint
Haha, that's pretty neat!!!!! I don't usually do that...unless I take a sip of water before bed. I dunno why....*winks* We all have some pretty weird quirks, I guess!!!!
ReplyDelete~Lily
Ahh! That's so random! Milk kindof grosses me out, therefore your confession kindof grosses me out, haha! But if it were anything else besides milk I wouldn't be grossed out. Then it's just funny and random :D
ReplyDelete~Lauren :)
Haha!! That's pretty funny! I wasn't thinking you were going to put anything like that :) I drink almost everything through a straw and/or with ice.
ReplyDeleteLove,
iGirl
haha!! I do that with soda, always! =D xo.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious?! I don't normally drink milk, but when I do, I swish it! :D
ReplyDeleteSwishing it makes it more fun to drink. Especially when it's chocolate milk. Mm... All those little bubbles of chocolate syrup...
Love and Hugs!
Lia
PS: I think I'm going to call you Skylie. :) A combination of all the names I know you by. Oh, and we should have some bacon... Lovely, crunchablely delicious bacon... Mmm.... :)