For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to tell stories. I can very clearly recall long afternoons in my grandfather’s rocker, pretending we were riding giraffes on Mars. I don’t know why it had to be Mars or giraffes- what I do remember is that my grandfather told me that was just fine and joined in my wild imaginationland.
When I stop and think about it, the people I’ve enjoyed the most are the ones that play along. Rick might be my favorite cause not only will he play along, he’ll add to it.
Coming up on an anniversary of one of those deeply affecting events, I started doing that thing you do during such times when you get older. It’s much more fun when you do it as a kid, cause it usually means your My Little Pony or video game collection- what you have, what you want to get next, how you’ll managed to wheedle it out of a parent.
Cause when you’re older, sometimes taking stock feels like telling your yesterself you weren’t good enough.
Advice- try not to do that. Even if it’s true, beating up yesterself is an exercise in futility.
This minute, I’m within just a few years of the age my grandfather was when we rode the mystical longnecked beasts of Mars. That was a gaspy thought… because within a few years of those long ago golden afternoons, my grandfather was gone.
But then, I gave that thought another look and realized something.. well, magicalish? All these years later, through all the very strange twists and turns life has taken, I’m still telling stories from my wild imaginationland. Even better, these days I get to share them with folk and sometimes I even get paid!
That part is SUPER magical, no mistake about it.
Fairy tales and girls who don’t know who they are.. and women who find out there’s more to learn… fairy godmother drag queens..
… and yes, self help on how NOT to be an asshole. Yes, that’s my Gandhi moment- I’m attempting to BE the change I want to see in the world. We’ll see how it works out.
It’s a weird time to be alive, yall. Be hopeful, be thoughtful, be imaginative, be kind.
Curiouser and Curiouser 