RE: Tarot Tuesday weekly reading for August 13th 2019
It's funny because of course I went through the same life shift all mothers go through I would imagine - "I am now on call 24/7, could be needed at any moment, and can't count on a damn thing for myself". I got through all that, figured out how to cope with the demands and still have a life of my own outside of the house. As a damn teacher in my kids' school! Bad move. Learned a lot.
Now I have one who really can not do much of anything for himself, he can't ever get out of bed. Everything is done by yours truly. And you know what? As difficult as that is, I'm a fairly happy individual, happier than I was when I was a boss of many, making money, a good reputation (just came across my first mention in the NYTimes while sorting through a box of crap) and the world at my feet compared to now.
You are right that the more isolated we are, the less help there is. Doesn't help that I don't ask either. But when I do, no one hesitates, so there's that.
It's all good.
Thanks for the book recommendation. Sounds very helpful. Will do.
The book recommendation? It won't likely do much for you - you could write the book, and a better one at that. And what's this about your FIRST mention, not just A mention, in the NYTimes? Tell us more!
Here's a great opener to a story:
I was a boss of many, making money, with a good reputation, and the world at my feet. Until....
From infancy I was indoctrinated with "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble..." but now it seems Steemit is our refuge and strength!
You make a very compelling point: we tend not to ask for help. But if we ask for it, we usually receive it. Some people hit up others for help all the time. Routinely. "No man is an island," but a lot of mothers seem to be.
Wishing you many helping hands and an excess of energy, time, fortitude, and good cheer!
My secret past life as a restaurateur, now I'm a nobody! I'm happier as a nobody - fewer people expecting me to do things for them.
I think about writing about my past as a somebody, but the thought makes me very tired so I don't. Blech.
I'm happier as a nobody - fewer people expecting me to do things for them.
Well, here again, you have an excellent opening line for a story. Or a line of dialogue in a story. Just in every-day conversation, you keep tossing out these gems. That's how I recognize a natural writer, like @goat-girlz, @my-job, everyone...
Fiction
is the way to write about the past, in my opinion. Label it memoir, I won't even glance at it, but tell the assorted glorious or sordid truths in the guise of fiction, and I'll devour it...