Coming Monday, our first guest blogger will be Cynthia Joan Mitchell, who has been interviewed on this blog before. She sent me a beautiful email with the sweetest story about writing for the blog. She's agreed to let me share it as a taste of what's to come.
A funny thing happened while I was trying to figure out what to write about. I went to one of my 'get away'
spots where I could sit and think and write for as long as it takes
while sipping on a diet soda. I was in a booth at Chic-fil-A at the back
of the restaurant and a little old man was in the next booth facing me.
I was on a roll...starting one story, then another and as I walked down
memory lane thinking about the 'small and simple things' that
brought happiness to me, I quickly recorded them in my spiral bound
notebook, stopping only to reflect on yet another memory. These are good
times. Apparently the little old man was watching me as he gazed up
from the newspaper he was holding. Finally, and seemingly unable to
contain his thoughts any longer he blurted out "DANG! THAT MUST BE A
GOOD LETTER...IT'S WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE!"
Now as a writer yourself, I'm sure you understand the compliment in his statement. It was a good letter...in fact it was several good
letters. When I got home and reread what I wrote, I found that I had
written a tribute to my good friend that is no longer alive, but still
in my heart. I wrote about my sister in-law and fun times we
shared...and I wrote about the Relief Society Sisters and the remarkable
women they are, along with my testimony to them. It was this writing
that I was doing when the little old man noticed the expression on my
face. They say members of the Church reflect the light of Christ and I
hope that is what I did. We engaged ourselves in a nice little chat
about his family and common interests and we both benefited from the
shared experiences.
I reminisced about some pretty nice times. I completed two writing projects. And I left with a smile. It was a great day!
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