George Clooney has spent some time in my home state producing a movie
starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The area has been abuzz with
sightings of him. TV and radio stations have links on their websites for
fan photos with him. Today I read on Twitter that he was 10 blocks from
where I work. Someone posted a photo as proof. I was absolutely giddy. I
couldn't believe he was so close, that he was standing in a spot where I
had stood. I posted on Facebook that I was certain that if he met me,
he'd dump his current girlfriend and we'd live happily ever after. The
funny thing is, I meant it. When I hit enter, I believed with all my
heart that someone famous could fall for a simple girl like me. Yes I
know it's a pipe dream but in that instance, I felt more hope than I
have in months, probably years. Hope that my heart was healing, hope
that I might find love again, hope that I was starting to believe in
myself again. It was an awesome feeling!
Lisa-Jo Baker (lisajobaker.com) hosts a weekly event on her blog called "Five Minute Friday". The rules are 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.. So here's my first try at this. Today's topic was Roots. Roots – I think about my grandparents who lived on a farm until my grandfather’s diabetes worsened and they moved to a town with a hospital nearby. My father still says he wished he could have kept that farm. I think of my grandmother who was a widow for 20 years. Every year she would stand over my PaPa’s grave, wishing she was with him. I think of my parents, a product of those grandparents, how hard my father worked to put 2 girls through...
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