Posts and Possibilities

Though I suspect I haven’t always been successful, I’ve attempted throughout this journey called motherhood to let my children know that the world, for each of them, offers unlimited possibilities. All four are blessed with their own unique talents and the requisite intelligence to turn dreams into reality. More than once, I think that each one has forgotten, as we all tend to do now and then, and fallen into the trap of self-doubt and woe-is-me and I-simply-can’t.

More than once, a not-so-subtle reminder from Mom has been proffered. A reminder that attitude and effort go a long way toward making things happen.

So it’s a bit disconcerting to have the tables turned and be the one reminded that possibilities are not necessarily limited to the young. 

I’m still trying to recall just how this particular idea came to be, but somehow I now have a blog, and at least one reader, and a sense that perhaps I, too, still have possibilities left to explore. They are there to be discovered, with one certain caveat. They may lead to nowhere. Many do and that’s okay. What’s important is to keep looking.

For years I felt cheated out of the opportunity to replace a columnist in the local newspaper because life had gotten in the way. Her weekly column was humorous, a bit dry, nowhere near Erma Bombeck but a perfect match for our island community. When I caught up with things and realized she'd relocated, her successor had already been chosen. Mind you, I never, ever submitted a query or a clip or a proposal. I just stewed, grumbling that I could have taken over the column, finding it much easier to be disgruntled than actually rejected.

Just for kicks, I think I'll pretend that this blog is that column and see where it takes me.

So here goes nothin’…or, just maybe, something.

And, by the way, Annie and Andy, since you are the two who have started this whole thing, it's a good thing you're cute!