I need you to hear something. That thing—that thing you’ve been dragging around, possibly for years—you know what I mean. That tipping point of shame in your life…
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I wish I was kind—like Mary Poppins kind. I wish I said the right thing when people needed to hear it far more than I do. I spend a lot of time working hard to avoid a certain emotional predicament. I dodge and head fake it, hide silently without moving in hopes it will pass and even lie to myself once it’s found me. Things don’t always go right. You’re not the only one this happens to. I hate the way it feels—the gaff I make, the thing I wish I’d said instead, the action I meant to take but didn’t. Very often, there is a moment, a physical place in time where things change. A shift takes place and it may feel subtle at the time but the results can be significant. Life can throw curve balls and sometimes it feels like you’ve caught the ball in the head one too many times. I get it. But you know, those are just moments and life… Look at you with your capable self. The years have taught you quite a bit. You get it. At least, that’s how others look at it. Mississippi is the only place where a man can call me *little lady* and I won’t give him the stink eye. It took awhile though. By Jill MacGregor I have a tendency to read things, like titles and headlines, with some of the letters jumbled. You say dyslexic, I say busy. When I discover my mistake it usually makes me laugh and then think. One day, I read ’35 shots of truth’ and loved the image it created [...] |
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