Good post, captivating as always. If you want to keep your name and for your husband to keep his, may I suggest marrying a Spaniard. My family (the old ones at least) back in England still make the mistake of casually referring to my wife as Mrs. Mole. She's definitely not, though. The idea of a woman taking her husband's name is alien to her. I like that, too. As ridiculous as it is though to be embarrassed by a name, I really hate mine! Goes back to being a kid - all the jokes, songs, nicknames, etc. I am a mole and I live in a hole.
As for exes, I never talk about them. Think about them a lot though.
Hope you return to it and continue… see where it takes you- maybe to the present.
This paragraph:
‘I hold my hand to my heart and feel the heat of honesty. In certain retellings, I want to forgive. I want to lay a story to rest. I have decided to slow down and, as I do, memories enter my hands, my mind, my body with the intensity of a final breath.’
is one to save . Print it out and keep it on your desk . It beautifully describes and invokes the perfect state of mind to begin writing. Thanks for that as well.
Thank you so much for reading and responding! It's a nice idea to print out some of my own words to rest on my workspace–I've only ever had the words of others and still tucked in their covers, never the quotes that push me forward lying there.
Good post, captivating as always. If you want to keep your name and for your husband to keep his, may I suggest marrying a Spaniard. My family (the old ones at least) back in England still make the mistake of casually referring to my wife as Mrs. Mole. She's definitely not, though. The idea of a woman taking her husband's name is alien to her. I like that, too. As ridiculous as it is though to be embarrassed by a name, I really hate mine! Goes back to being a kid - all the jokes, songs, nicknames, etc. I am a mole and I live in a hole.
As for exes, I never talk about them. Think about them a lot though.
I appreciate this, thank you. I'll keep my eyes out for a Spaniard
Brilliant essay. Thank you.
Hope you return to it and continue… see where it takes you- maybe to the present.
This paragraph:
‘I hold my hand to my heart and feel the heat of honesty. In certain retellings, I want to forgive. I want to lay a story to rest. I have decided to slow down and, as I do, memories enter my hands, my mind, my body with the intensity of a final breath.’
is one to save . Print it out and keep it on your desk . It beautifully describes and invokes the perfect state of mind to begin writing. Thanks for that as well.
Thank you so much for reading and responding! It's a nice idea to print out some of my own words to rest on my workspace–I've only ever had the words of others and still tucked in their covers, never the quotes that push me forward lying there.