Drew Brees and Son

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Writing

"I teach GED English and creative writing. Mostly the women want to write about themselves, and it helps them, you know. Gives them wings, so that they can rise above the confounding mazes of their lives and, from that perspective, begin to see the patterns and dead ends of their pasts, and a way out. That's the funny thing about mazes: what's baffling on the ground begins to make sense when you can begin to rise above it, the better to understand history and fix yourself."

WOW...Wally Lamb wrote that in his latest book...it made me think alot about what I observe, what I live... all those confounding mazes that are my inspiration for these essays that I so enjoy writing. I get my inspiration from my connections to all things...friends, family, students, teachers, acquaintances, men (absolutely their OWN category!) and the beach...

My husband once called my mind "The Perfect Storm" and I think he described me perfectly. Whether I am thinking about why I put so much time into my outfit this morning and probably won't see anyone I need to impress(don't you hate that!) to that moment in an argument when I realize I am wrong...oy, painful...I am always trying to connect the dots of my life...that is..."rise above the confounding maze of my life" but not in such a complex way...just so I don't make stupid mistakes again and again and A gain, as Lionel Ritchie sings.

Mr. Lamb ends"...the better to understand history and fix yourself." I read once that getting to be 60 means you are who you are and as such, must be accepted, celebrated, honored and the kids have to just raise their eyes to heaven and say,"Oh Christ, Mother..."(I put the last part in myself). I like that...I like tht I am no longer a maze looking to be discovered...I know who I am...I am the broad who does not know how to fold a fitted sheet or who wishes there was a sarcasm font on her computer...and I accept that about myself, Mr. Wally Lamb, and rejoice in my desire to eat cookies and take naps and go to the dry cleaners for almost everything! In my mind the perfect bra is a sweatshirt and I don't care who watches me jiggle...well in the house, anyway...


So I began with a great writer's quote about why females write...and I guess if you look hard enough you can see me in there...I am trying to understand who I am and how I make decisions but as far as fixing myself I said as I smiled...I really don't think I am broken!...Thanks for reading...