TELL YOUR STORY

IF YA KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I LOVE WORDS.

I LOVE THE SOUND OF THEM, THE SPELLING OF THEM,

THE WAY THEY CAN BE PUT INTO A CERTAIN ORDER

AND PULL ON THE HEART STRINGS OF OTHERS,

WORDS CAN CHANGE THE ENTIRE MOOD OF SOMEONE...

and yet, we so seldom use them...

As I contemplate the book that I insist on publishing by

next year at this time I find this song by

TATE MCRAE:

"An Original Song About Life"

Lately I've been thinkin' 'bout my life

And all the things that never seem to cross my mind

Maybe 'cause I'm sort of scared of time

And that there's not enough of it

It only hit me now

I'm only young right now

Won't live a day feelin' down

And, yeah, it took a while

It waited on the side

'Til I screamed out asking how

There's never gonna be a better story to tell

It only hit me now

We're only young right now

Won't live a day feelin' down

And, so, it's been a while

It waited by the side...

There's never gonna be a better story to tell

All I'm sayin', no time for breakin'

Everyone's fadin' now

All I'm sayin', live for the moments

Don't waste your time right now

There's never gonna be a better story to tell

What beautiful words to live by as I also have been 

thinking lots about growing old, staring into the mirror

way too much wondering how those small lines got around

my lips, I didn't smoke so this would not be an issue, 

and yet, there they are.

Learning about Geriatrics in Nursing school at the age of 18,

well I didn't really think about just how fast it happens once

you hit a certain age. Yet with every line, every dark spot,

every extra pound of fluffiness, I have a story to tell.

Yes, my back is crooked and I have surgical scar lines,

it's my testament to surviving cancer as a child.

Yes I have "11 forehead wrinkles" 

Its my testament to using facial expressions to get my 

points across to my two grown children who have grown up to be such great humans.

Yes,  the curve of my lips seem to be drooping it's a testament

to lots of smiling and laughing in my life.

Aging is a weird and wonderful thing and although

sometimes it seems hard to understand I am fortunate that I get to 

live through this phase of life, not everyone does.

HOLD ON 2022

"THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A BETTER STORY TO TELL"

AND I WILL BE TELLING MINE.