Saturday, November 28, 2009

Where To Begin?

So, I made a deal with myself: I can peruse facebook as much as I want to but can not post any updates to my status until after I've posted here. As the silliness of my life happens, I find myself wanting to post a short sentence there. When I remember the deal that me, myself and I have made, I'm forced to start really thinking.

I'm stuck with where to begin. What to tell. And how to write it. It's a bit scary.

My 5 year old has been reliving his babyhood lately. For the past 6 months or so he's been taking care of "his baby" at school; I'm told that he's working through something and that it would be beneficial for me to talk to him about my babyhood and/or childhood. My initial reaction to rehashing parts of my past was not favorable. And despite the fact that I recently pulled out my childhood dolls and have begun to share the role of "parenting" Melissa, Raggedy Ann and the Sock Doll with my son, I haven't done any real work.

So with less distraction, 5 seems to be a good starting point. Or babyhood. Either seems reasonable.

Of course, I need to figure out a couple of things before I can start to let it all flow out. Like which name(s), place(s), voice to use.

I'm going to simply do what I can to not worry too much about the details of the what or how. The shape of the beginning, middle and end will reveal itself eventually. So for now, I ponder 5 and babyhood.

1 comment:

Cori said...

The "voice" will write itself.