I love the challenge of Five Minute Friday. Lately, I haven’t had time to participate, but I carved out some time this afternoon, because I have missed it. If you are interested in joining in, head over to Lisa-Jo Baker’s website and check out the details. In a nutshell it is hundreds of bloggers, one-word prompt, five minutes of unbridled writing.
This week the topic is “close”. Ready…set…go!
Last week I told you about my new favorite book Surprised By Motherhood: Everything I never expected about being a mom by Lisa-Jo Baker.
In the book she talks about losing her mother at the age of 18. She reflects on different parts of her childhood as she tries to “piece together scraps” and parent her own children through memories.
One memory was of her mom showing up late to pick her up from school. She said that she could “smell the popcorn on her breath” and that she knew that her mother had been to the movies. Lisa went on to say:
I did all the things to prepare for my firstborn, except finish THE BOOK. You know the book…What to Expect…well yeah… When my water broke an entire month early, my very first thought was “But I haven’t finished the book! The chapters on labor and delivery would be helpful right about now.” Three hours later I was holding my miracle.
Five Minute Friday: I love the community of bloggers that come together each week to do what we love the most—just write. We all have the same one word prompt. We each have five minutes. No extensive editing or backtracking.
This week the word is crowd.
One word. Five minutes. The prompt this week: willing. Thank you, Lisa-Jo Baker, for encouraging me to be brave and to simply write.
Timer started…ready…set…go!
Hundreds of bloggers link up over on Lisa-Jo Baker’s website to write on a one word prompt for five minutes. Great fun. Great stress. Great practice.
Set time for five minutes….
Ready…Set…Go…
Ok, I am going to try Five Minute Friday again. This is so challenging, yet refreshing as a writer. One word prompt. Five minutes to write.
Setting timer. Go.
Sweet Friend,
I have seen you at Wal-Mart, in the drop-off line at school, at the pediatrician office, at playdates, working on homework with your kids, making a meal for a sick friend, and folding clothes late at night. You are constantly pouring yourself out into the lives of your family and friends. You give of yourself at church, at work, and at home.
All that pouring out…aren’t you empty?