Part of the process
I started this blog for two reasons: to have a place where I could document the early years of my child; and to start a new hobby, writing.
It should not be surprising to any of my followers that I have no idea what I’m doing regarding both parenting and writing. I do not have a college degree and I am the youngest in a family of six. I simply do the best I can and try to enjoy it.
Last night I had a bit of a freak out session and wrote a note to my brother venting about my writing. I had worked really hard on my piece “The dog” and even sent it to him for a quick edit. He sent it back, and when I made the suggested corrections I goofed and left one word out and failed to remove another. I was so pissed! I know those two mistakes were not the only mistakes in the piece, but they were stupid errors within my control.
I know I will make mistakes in both writing and parenting. Hopefully, more in writing than parenting.
“Humility is the only certain defense against humiliation.” - Unknown
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martiniqueeny said:
I think you write very well. I am far too entertained with the content to ever catch a grammatical error. Don’t be so hard on yourself.
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fatherhoodis said:
I’m so glad you posted this follow-up. I totally would’ve missed the piece on James if you hadn’t. We have a cat—Lola. Three months ago she was family, now she’s the cat we try to keep off the babies’ things. (You’re a fine writer, by the way.)
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thesahmmy said:
i used to teach writing…duuude, you just gotta let go. you can pay people to edit, you can’t pay people to get inside your head and create. just vomit on the page. i’m excited to see what you’ll post….
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