Elsie Jane, my baby turned little girl, just walked by. She’s drag-pulling behind her a wooden wheeled dog on a string, upside down. That little brown toy puppy looks a little distraught over his fate, wood back scraping the wood floor, wheels in the air.
Oh look, I told her. It’s upside down. You guys’ll move along a little easier if you turn it over.
Elsie stopped abruptly and turned around with a big dramatic gasp, looking down at her puppy.
Daddy came up behind her just then and leaned down to help. He turned the toy pup over on its wheels and off they went. Forward.
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This post was freely written in response to yesterday’s Three Years Sober The words here are a metaphor sort of thing for yesterday’s post.
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I loved your three years sober post! beautiful! And congratulations! Your message works for everyone though… move forward. It’s a nice reminder for everyone in all walks of life. And thank you for creating this Just Write series. I needed something like this to start writing again. I may not be the best writer but I’ve always loved to write and this makes it easier to really focus and tap into my creative mind.
Your post from yesterday was incredibly powerful, I thought about it all day.
Amazing how you put yourself out there.
My kids both preferred for their toys to be upside down, that way they made more noise…
Kerstin recently posted..106 years old
Love!! Kids are so sweet and when they are learning to walk it is so cute!! I can just picture her looking down at the dog like WHAT:)
Jennifer Peterson recently posted..Car lover
Amazing how things can move forward for us, but how much better the journey is when someone is there to pick things up and set them right.
Baby by the Sea recently posted..Write: a Doe Bay Workshop
Thank you, Heather. Enjoy reading your posts. Thanks for your opened up for the world to see heart.
:D
God bless you!
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Linking up for the first time, and for some reason I’m not able to click-around on the other people’s links, linksy keeps asking for a password and such. My brain is fried, though, maybe it will work tomorrow. I enjoyed writing for this today. Thanks.
I just love this.
Steph
Stephanie Precourt recently posted..Away We Go
This is beautiful, as are you.
So damn proud of you.
So damn honored to call you a friend.
xo
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