Well, life decided to hand me a surprise last week. While driving along a busy and fast-moving street, the hood of my car opened and smashed into my windscreen. Fortunately, I was in the curb lane, so I could pull over quickly, while praying I wouldn’t get hit from behind by a driver surprised to see a stationary car in his lane. I was fine–but didn’t stop shaking for two hours.
If you’ve been through something like this, you’ll know that, the day after the event, you feel weak and unfocussed and have a brain full of nasty ‘what-ifs.’ The one that stuck in my brain was that my husband and I had traded cars the day before, so he could have the newer car for a 90-minute, nighttime drive on major highways. What if this had happened to him on the highway? Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to have a good imagination.
Until Tuesday evening and Wednesday got lifted out of my normal week, I was really enjoying working through my writing list. I had used Kristi Holl’s idea of writing down a list of 20-minute writing tasks (see previous post), and came up with a pretty good list that would help me move forward on the 3 (non-billable) projects I have underway. I finally got back at it again on Friday. It has been a great motivator for me, and as projects move along, I know I’ll be adding more to the list. I really recommend giving the idea a try. I had hoped to report a lot more on the writing front, but that’s what life handed me last week. Next week can only be better, right? Hope you have a great, creative week ahead!
A good positive attitude! Glad you are unharmed. 🙂
Oh, my gosh how terrifying. Instances like those put your whole life in perspective, don’t they?
They certainly do. I’ve been grateful for a lot more lately. 🙂
Very true, Gwen! Not very hard to find things to be grateful for right now. 🙂
Thanks! Positivity isn’t always my default approach to life. In this case, however, I think I should go for it.
Heather, as you work with young, I know you will address the importance of Banned Book Week. Please allow me to recommend that you share the following article with your students. It was published by the American Library Association in 1953: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/statementspols/freedomreadstatement
Thank you!
Thanks for passing this along. I will mention it in my next post. Freedom to Read Week in Canada is at the end of February, so I will be adding your link along with others then. This issue is always worthwhile to consider no matter what time of year. The Canadian Library Association annually publishes a list of books, dvds, etc. that have had requests for removal from the shelves or for reclassification. How the libraries handle the challenges makes for interesting reading. http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Resources&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=14046 Thanks again for the recommendation.