It's All In The Name

My daughter, Shelby, started a blog. I laughed at her. I rolled my eyes and told her I couldn't believe she was doing "that". I went to bed that night and wondered what in the world she was going to write about. Then I really thought about the whole blogging craze and realized that maybe it was some kind of connection to others in these busy times. Maybe I, too, might have something that I want to say.


I have never been big on journals. I wigged out when I read my childhood journals. I was so dismayed over my "stupidity" that I disposed of them (quite properly) in the wood burning stove. Yeah, they weren't something I was about to hand down from Goof,to Goof, to Goof. I thought that maybe I could write some of my thoughts and if I have a small inkling that someone in this big universe might be slightly interested in reading this, I might not write things that would:
 a) embarrass me or anyone close to me, or
 b) keep me from being President of the US.


I couldn't believe the anxiety involved in finding the name of my blog. I wanted to "wow" my audience. I wanted people to say "why didn't I think of that." It needed to be inspirational, joyous, simple, fun, empowering, strong...ETC...all in three to five words (remember I wanted simple).


I thought of a movie I recently watched. All About Steve. Sandra Bullock plays an eccentric crossword puzzle creator who is convinced that this CNN camera man is her true love. This girl knows her English language. She uses words really well. She is smart, funny, kind, cute (in her own way). She totally freaks Steve out.


Nothing gets this poor girl down. She doesn't "get it". She remains naive to all criticism until a point in the story where she begins to break. She yells (more to herself than anyone) "They're words people. There are meaningful words. There are useless words. And there are words that hurt." 


I'm just going to write words. They might make sense, they might ramble, they might be insignificant and small or, they might just matter. The most important part to me is that they'll be MY words.