ME: Hello Doubt. I wasn’t expecting your visit. Do you have an idea how long you may be staying?
DOUBT: I’m not sure ... you were the one that rang ME up.
ME: Ha! I don’t think it was me. We haven’t seen each other for so long I thought you had passed on.
DOUBT: Nope, you rang me. I also had to drag Insecurity along with me and you KNOW how I hate traveling with HER. How ‘bout it, Insecurity? Speak up, quit hulking around behind me.
INSECURITY: Uh, uh, uh .... I..I...I.... think you did call me, also. I...I....I really didn’t want to...to...to...to intrude but Doubt insisted.
ME: I really don’t know that I have room for you. I mean, I have a very busy schedule and really won’t have time to visit.
DOUBT: No problem! We’ll just hang out. It’s been a while since we’ve seen you anyway. I think the last time we visited you were sailing ...
ME: STOP! STOP! That’s okay. I don’t need to be reminded. I’m over it. I got through it. Just don’t bring it up again. Arrrggghhhhh!
INSECURITY: But...but..but The Professor k..k..k..k....keeps asking you when you’ll g...g...g..go sailing again and ....
ME: I know, I know! And maybe we will someday and I’m sure you two will tag along. But for now, I really, really need you to return home and let me get about my business. I’ve got a blog to write and no time for a visit with you two. So if you please, run along and we’ll visit some other time. I promise!
And there you have it. As you can see, I REALLY don’t like it when those two visit. They sap so much of my energy that all I want to do is watch Housewives of Beverly Hills. They make MY life look so much better!
When you started blogging, did you know exactly what you wanted to say?
Did you ponder days or weeks or maybe months, like me, on just what it was you wanted to achieve with a blog? What would be its purpose, its theme? Who would want to read it or even why?
And who gives a flying leap what I have to say anyway? Thank you Doubt and Insecurity.
As I continue to figure out what my blog will be all about, besides improving my writing, I am faced with oodles of decisions on what to write. It’s not that I don’t HAVE enough to say. Oy, do have I stuff to say!
But, exactly what is it that OTHERS want to hear? How do I create content that will amuse, entertain, inspire and connect with you, dear reader? And at the same time, move me further along in my writing.
How do I set myself apart from all the other wonderful content residing out there in the ethernet?
Some days I feel like a character in Cirque du Soleil, all twisted and contorted in my thoughts that if I place a sentence or paragraph in just the wrong spot, it will all come tumbling down.
By the way, I think Doubt and Insecurity have set up camp in my backyard.
yours truly
missing the mom gene
