Once upon a time....

Yeah, I know. Lame title for a blog, but just couldn't resist. So, here goes..... Once upon a time there was this little girl who loved words. She loved to say words, lots of words, long words, short words, words with pictures, words with music, all types of words. She loved to read words, and sing words, and she especially liked to write words. Words were pictures, words were stories, words were colors and feelings and .... and ..... everything!!! So, the little girl spoke LOTS and lots of words. She read LOTS and LOTS of words. She sang lots and lots of words! And then, she wrote lots and lots and LOTS of words!!!

But, then the little girl grew up and she had less time to play with her words. .... but she found ways to slip them into her life. She whispered them to her babies, she sang them to her toddlers, tucked them into her children's beds at night, she yelled them at her teenagers, left trails of them for her adult children to find and use if they might, and whispered them with kisses into her grandbabies necks. And, on occaision, offered them ever so carefully to an adult child, who with children of their own, would ask for those words, listen, and cherish them as never before.

Now, the little girl was no longer a girl, but a mother and grandmother, and her words had been given away all her life. She thought for a time that perhaps she had used them all up, but then one day, a friend introduced her to this newfangled thingy called a blog..... and somehow, I get this feeling that all those words that were tucked, and sung, and whispered, and yelled, and offered had managed to sneak back inside her head! And they are all hopping around in there, a little older, a little lighter, and just waiting for the opportunity to find a spot on this computer screen to linger and perhaps make someone think, or laugh, or just make someone want to play with some words of their own.....