{"id":13197,"date":"2014-07-31T10:46:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=13197"},"modified":"2014-07-31T10:46:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T17:46:14","slug":"since-were-doing-throwbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/31\/since-were-doing-throwbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Since We’re Doing Throwbacks…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/b>\u201cThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\u201d ~Marcel Proust<\/p>\n

\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that as a writer I have always written.<\/p>\n

It started with my first diary filled with elementary thoughts:<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate my brother!\u201d (After he stole my diary and read it.)<\/p>\n

I graduated to journals and better hiding places, my musings reflecting my teenage focus:<\/p>\n

\u201cJeff said \u2018Hi\u2019 to me today in the halls! I\u2019m so totally gonna die!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

I started a poetry journal, mostly filled with lovesick poems with titles like these:<\/p>\n

\u201cLonging\u201d, \u201cOne Way Love\u201d, \u201cLove Confession\u201d, or \u201cEven Though We Just Met\u201d. (I was sure an 80\u2019s hairband would\u2019ve killed for my material.)<\/p>\n

Eventually, by the end of college, I filled half a dozen journals with my writings plus a three inch binder with all my poetry.<\/p>\n

Most of it is cringe worthy, but I never gave up on the process of putting my thoughts on paper, hopeful of where I was headed, reflective on where I\u2019d been, the outlet of writing liberating my soul. And when you put so many thoughts on paper over the years, an evolution is inevitable.<\/p>\n

And really cool to go back and look at\u2014amazed at the lyrical snapshot you created of yourself. It\u2019s pretty incredible to look back and be able to put a finger on the moment your destiny was determined.<\/p>\n

I would be a writer.<\/p>\n

So in honor of the #ThrowbackThursday movement, here\u2019s one circa 1989 (complete with illustration!):<\/p>\n

\"The#Enjoythejourney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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