Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room. Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home. Remember the footsteps, remember the words said and all your little brother's favorite songs. Liam's dressed himself, that's easy to see. His sweater is zipped to his chin, with the hood up. His clip-on tie is hiked up over his chin, draped over the zipper of the sweatshirt. He walks up to me, mischievous grin and all and "tases" me with his orange highlighter and calls in a Russian accent, all permeated with baby lisp, "LIPSTICK TASER!" (Despicable Me 2, anyone?) Ella's having a tea party, feeding baby dolls honey covered raisins and making fun of modern pop songs with me, her hair in pigtails with a crown, lopsided on her head. Someday I'm going to be alone in my own apartment, with my siblings all off at college, thinking, "Remember those times when my siblings were toddlers and we'd play dolls and get tased by highlighters and have tea parties." Cherish those little moments. You never know when you're going to need them. Here's to your bright eyes shining like fireflies. These are my souvenirs, the memory of a lifetime.
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About Me!Hannah writes to satisfy her imagination. She's written six books so far--five of which need to be rewritten--and is working on a seventh. She ranges through a variety of genres, but favors contemporary YA, fixing broken characters. She wants to use her writing to change people and bring hope. She's currently going to college for Nursing and that takes up most of her writing time. She's a rather stereotypical writer, talking to imaginary friends, eavesdropping on people at the store, secretly being nosy, stashing herself away in her room with a paper and pen and chocolate and her teddy bear. She loves Jesus, the way the morning smells, her family of seven (four siblings), old movies, fairy tales, candles at night and helping people. She writes on another blog at nerdywriter.blogspot.com to hopefully build her chances of publication. My Author Site:Archives
December 2016
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