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RedHeadedGypsy
Yes I think you are right
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 7:25 PM
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LOL I think that was Freddy Fender!
posted by
RedHeadedGypsy
on October 7, 2007 at 7:02 PM
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RedHeadedGypsy
very true or how about
wasted days and wasted nights, who sings that one?
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 6:46 PM
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Lustor...
Sometimes when I read you I hear the song "Wasted Time" by The Eagles.
" Ooh, another love has come and gone
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on
I remember what you told me before you went out on your own:
’sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone.’
So you can get on with your search, baby, and I can
Get on with mine
And maybe someday we will find , that it wasn’t really
Wasted time"
posted by
RedHeadedGypsy
on October 7, 2007 at 6:30 PM
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A-and-B
thank you
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 6:11 PM
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Good writing.
posted by
A-and-B
on October 7, 2007 at 5:53 PM
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OneBetty
maybe I need to search the internet for places I can write articles to sell for me when I retire in 14 months
, with people like you to encourage me I might change my life and become a well know writer who knows, thanks again for stopping by and good luck to you and your new life. I have been on welfare, and down to the bottom of the barrel and if it wasn't for the company I currently work for I don't know where I would be ( its a dictatorship company) but it bail me out 10 years ago.
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 5:48 PM
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Perhaps there is an encore harvest you just can't see.....
Not to sound PollyAnna or by any means, discount the level of your heartache - but, I would be remiss if I didn't respond with my initial "ray of sunshine" thought.
Using your current, ongoing and raw emotion, coupled with the will and talent to write, you could very well impact, if not completely change, the lives of younger females in generations coming up behind you and who are heading right in your direction! Your fellow student was right - there are multitudes of "me's & younger you's" out there who would value and respond to the priceless life experience and daily hindsight you could share!
If you think about it - all the books, self-help gurus and life coach crap out there is all composed in retrospect - they've all crossed the finish line of discovery and are living life free of "whatever" it is they've supposedly left behind or overcome! As I write, I can't think of one example of anyone who is offering gifts of knowledge and advice, as they are experiencing pain that breeds it!! Maybe I'm crazy - but I know that was what pulled me into your story. It is much more courageous to reveal what you believe to be personal failures, before you've got it all figured out, than it is to get up on a soap box and brag about your triumph!! That made you human, to me when I was reading...otherwise, it would have just been another sermon to add to all the others that came before it. I heard your regret, disappointment and fear...and that scared ME! I guarantee you, I'm not the only 40-something female experiencing anxiety about her past and her future!
Some of us have just "taken one for the team," if that makes sense!" Keep writing and know that your words could end up being a true legacy.....in then end, if you help just one (which could even be me) person, your failures would ultimately be considered successes!
Just my thought. A long thought, but a worthy one from this side of the fence!
Make today a good one
.......
posted by
OneBetty
on October 7, 2007 at 5:42 PM
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Matie
thank you
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 5:40 PM
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Keep it up!
posted by
Matie
on October 7, 2007 at 5:28 PM
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OneBetty
thank you for taking the time reading my blog, and sharing your life with me, one of the students that read this told me I should write more to help other woman. But I cant help those with the failure I feel for myself. Life is still passing me by and I don't like the way the future looks for me. But its people like you that try to get me to think what my next step will be
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 4:07 PM
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The Harvest of your life........
Lusterlove, I have been single for about 19 years now. I married very young and was divorced by the time I was 25. I had chosen marriage and parenthood over education and career, so when I found myself a single mother with 4 & 2 year old boys, my career and personal path took on a mandatory direction. I had to "work" to bring in an income - no chance at following my heart or talent - just had to chase a paycheck. No regrets, about that time in life - I did the right thing by doing what I had to do to stay off welfare and family member's couches:) I only had one relationship to speak of, post divorce, which lasted a couple years and left me with even less desire to juggle a man within my single mom circus. Your story hits home, at this stage in my life. After (somehow) going from no HS diploma and no job experience to being fortunate enough to have had a very fruitful career in mortgage, I was displaced earlier in the year, due to the recent devastation of the industry. I'd been with my company for over 12 years and never thought I'd leave, unless it was my decision. A blessing or a curse? I put my creative side on hold all these years and always told myself "that" part would come later in life, after the boys were raised and I could cater to "me" financially, emotionally, etc. Well, that time is here, the boys are raised and I am accountable only to myself and my God. I was given 8 months of severence pay, but I have been "decompressing" for the first four. I told myself that I would take this paid time off to regroup and pursue that creative side of me, but it's amazing how quickly you can procrastinate the months away! I want to write. I have been told since I was very young that I was talented writer, but I am just now beginning to believe it and am just now feeling drawn to it, like something I need to do in order to feel complete. I have a window of change and chance to jump through, but I don't know how or where to start, since this is a 180 degree career change I would "like" to make. I am almost 43 now, still have not furthered my education and only know mortgage - very scary window to look at, let alone jump through!! And, at some point, I'd like to open my mind and heart back up to dating and potential relationships, too!!
So, as I read your piece, my heart sank, as I thought of myself in the future, looking back on the same, lost opportunities you left behiind in your past. I have just blinked away four months of my window and know that the next twenty years will blink away just as fast.
Sharing your story may prove to be a motivating factor in what I hope to be a sharp left turn, right into that creative & and interactive life I know I have (finally) earned the right to embrace! So, thank you for posting such an intense and honest essay about where you are in your life!!
Also - YES, keep going!! What great input from your instructor - good for you
!!
Until next time...
posted by
OneBetty
on October 7, 2007 at 3:26 PM
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Re: lustorlove
ok I dont want to offend anyone and their believes
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 11:57 AM
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lustorlove
I don't get offended. People have a right to say what's on their mind.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 7, 2007 at 11:54 AM
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TAPS
thanks for your input on this, and I hope you werent offended with our discussion the other night with you me and eng
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 11:52 AM
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lustorlove
You asked for comments on what you wrote, but I am more inclined to comment on what your instructor wrote about what you wrote. She sees some good possibilities in your desire to write and believes in your talent. You must try to see those things too because you will only accomplish what you visualize yourself accomplishing. You must believe in yourself first, even if it begins on just one tiny point. Each time you achieve, you will be inclined to try something more difficult.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 7, 2007 at 11:30 AM
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callista22001
thank you for that
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 10:12 AM
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good piece of writing, and how rewarding to have someone, like your
instructor be so supportive and encouraging, keep going.
posted by
callista22001
on October 7, 2007 at 10:11 AM
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richinstore
thank you
posted by
Lanetay
on October 7, 2007 at 9:30 AM
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lustorlove
it is an interesting piece of writing..call it an autobiography if you want to as it dealt with your life during marraige and after divorce. You are able to express your feelings and be frank about it.
posted by
richinstore
on October 7, 2007 at 9:11 AM
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