Writing Journal

(Pay no attention to the Reading List on the side. I don't. It's so last year.)

For my next story project (I started one collecting stories about interesting ways people met, but they don't flesh out very well in text), I want to use my theory that married couples can be epitomized in the way they cut the cake at their wedding. The most recent couple and cake cutting/feeding can be described quite accurately as: Goofy, but Clean.

To do this, I'm going to go back through all my albums and journals from the past year or two and first tell the story of each cutting. The interesting ones, I'll look into getting the couple's "Where We Are" and "Where We've Been" stories. Some of them aren't that interesting, which is fine. For life. Just not for a compilation of stories.

Definitely want to include:
May 2010
July 2010 A
Aug 2010 B
May 2011

I'm sure there's a couple of other goodies in my wedding trunk; those are just the memorable ones!

Writing Journal

To You From Me, To Me From You
If I could believe
Anyone believed in me,
I'd believe it you.

Sometimes I'll get poem-thoughts and see that they're only three lines when they're written out. That's when I check for syllable counts, and this one only took a little fudging to get the counts compatible with the haiku format.

If you've read any previous posts about my writing, you're probably shocked that this one has a title!
I was thinking about a few of the challenging situations I'm facing, one of which being the discord with the best friend I've ever had. Before I saw said friend last night, I was reading Mary Kay Ash's biography. She mentions numerous times in the first few chapters how important the words "You can do it," are to hear. Her mother, especially, told her that often. It led me to ponder on when I may have heard those words, and...I couldn't recall any. Especially in taking on one of my challenges.

I know I've had people tell me they want me to succeed, but I don't know that I can honestly remember anyone saying they thought I can. No one. Not true; one person. But she had known me for less than an hour and encouragement from her hasn't continued beyond that. I'm really all that bitter or upset about not hearing it since I doubt I'd believe their sincerity, anyway. If they did say they thought I could do this, it would likely be out of a sense of obligation to provide me with confidence in myself when they have none in me themselves. If that makes sense to anyone else...

But the friend I saw last night...that friend I'd believe. But I took on this challenge around about the time we had our falling out. And there hasn't been much opportunity for that friend to express any confidence in me. The reason I'd believe that friend? It's happened before with other challenges I've taken on.
Friend: If anyone can do this, you can.
Me: What if anyone can't do it, though?
Friend: You can do this. I know you can.

So that's the story behind the "To Me From You" part of the title.

That same friend told me one thing they liked about me was the way I tap my fingers when I write poems. Really only/most often with haikus. I tapped my fingers while writing this one. That's the story behind the "To You From Me" part.