Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Emotional month

 This month has been a giant roller coaster of emotions. I was diagnosed with Essential Tremors or at least they think that is what it is. My hands shake when I am stressed, sick, sleep deprived or basically some all the time it will eventually move to my head and get worse there is no cure and the meds they could give me would only create several other issues, so it is what it is....frustrating to say the least but not life threatening unless you count the fact that some mornings drinking my morning coffee is an issue.

Then we bought two vehicles this month one for me because the blazer had finally met the maximum number of miles and starting falling apart and one for Allissa, freedom with a first car.
This ford escape above is my new ride pretty sweet and nicer then anything I have ever owned.
The one above is Allissa's after a very scary run in with a hill, we are just grateful that she is alive and unharmed. She was wearing her seat belt and it saved her life. She swerved on a dirt road lost control and rolled the car, one of the worst phone calls a parent can ever hear.
Then I also ended my coaching of the Jr. High cheer squad, kind of bitter sweet ready to move to the next phase in my life but a little sad to let go of this age group.  The picture above is what happens when they love you. The covered us in silly string following competition. The girls ended my Jr. High coaching career on a very high note and I could not have been prouder. I got the privilege of coaching both of my girls through Jr. High something I wouldn't have traded for the world it allowed me to really know their friends and spend amazing time with them. I will continue to coach High school, so the adventure continues.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

6 word memoir

I read a cool article the other day on a man named Larry Smith who asked people to write into him and describe their lives in six words. That was five years ago and he has never stopped getting six word memoirs and has published several books with peoples descriptions of their lives. It got me thinking about myself and the people around me.
What are my six words? If I choose six today will they apply to me next week, next month, next year? Can they encompass everything I am or what the people around me think I am? My answer "Maybe" maybe they will change, maybe they won't, maybe they describe what people see in me or maybe they just describe what I see in myself.

Some of the memoirs that he got are the following:
--I am more then a twin -Diane Campbell
--Abandoned at 5, learning to thrive-Melinda Hui
--Was hot. Raised kids. Lost cool - Trudy Love
--Survived the divorce. Learned to live. -Laurel Hadley
--I dance daily watched or not watched -Olivia Whitman

So I thought about this and I would have to say that being in my late thirty's that the six words that fit me right now are: "You have always had the power"

What about you what is your six word memoir?