I’m
starting a new adventure. On Fridays at least. I’m linking up with ‘Five Minute
Fridays’ by Lisa-Jo Baker. The rules are simple:
- Check her blog to get the
topic.
- Write for five minutes about
whatever that brings to mind. No editing, just fun.
- Post it!
So I
gave it a go… Today’s word is ‘look’.
(Go)
I look
around me. What do I see? A mess.
But look
closer.
I see a
wooden train track. I see a hat; shoes discarded after a long day; a box of
nappies; my own crafty mess; a story book; crumbs. Lots of crumbs. I see a
lounge that has been bumped from its perfect ‘lined up neatly with the fourth
floor board position’; A crooked rug.
I wish
it were so much neater. The quiet contentment that brings.
Look
again.
A family
lives here. LIVES here. How much better
to be alive than stifled by perfection.
(Stop)
Now, your turn...
Oh yes! A place where people actually live and enjoy their surroundings, is never neat. Especially if you add children into the mix :)
ReplyDeleteEspecially if you add children!!! Thanks Colline :o)
DeleteLove this!
ReplyDeletethanks for coming by :)
DeleteEnjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteThank you Denise :o)
DeleteSo good! Love that last line! Welcome to FMF!
ReplyDeleteThank you Erin. I've watched other bloggers do FMF for a couple of weeks and finally decided it's my turn now :o)
DeleteSo sorry I didn't comment sooner. Had a sad tragedy happen on Friday (will email you sometime about it) and have been a bit out of it. I loved your 5 min. friday though! Welcome to this fun community. So happy you are trying it!!! I relate to your writings on Look (even without kids) very much. So much peace comes with having the perfectly clean house, and yet you are right...the messes just show signs of life :)
ReplyDeleteHope you're ok? Thanks for taking a look (pun unintended - lol). It was fun (once my brain kicked in!).
ReplyDeletehaha on the pun :) It seems to depend on the word for me. Some weeks the words just flow, and some words they give I sit there for a bit before I can think of what to say.
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